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    the termination of the Federalist party. The conflicts were between two parties called the Jeffersonian Republicans and the Federalists. The Federalist party was officially started by John Adams. John Adams was also a loose constructionist just like all the other Federalists. Federalists were in favor of a strong central government. On the other side‚ was Thomas Jefferson who was in office from 1801 to 1809. Jefferson started the Jeffersonian Republican party. The Jeffersonians were strict constructionists

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    with differing beliefs as to how to construct a stable government. The two major political factions‚ notably the Republicans and the Federalists‚ debated over a multitude of policies between 1801 and 1825 that ultimately shaped American society. The policies pursued by the Republican presidents‚ such as Thomas Jefferson‚ differed from those implemented by Hamilton and other Federalists as they were literal interpretations of the Constitution and focused on establishing an American republic with limited

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    political parties‚ the Democratic Republicans and the Federalists‚ had many conflicting belies. The Federalists believed that the federal government had certain implied powers that were not laid out in the Constitution. The Jeffersonian Republicans‚ on the other hand‚ believed that the government did not have the power to do anything that was not granted in the document. The DemocraticRepublicans can habitually be depicted as strict constitutionalists and the Federalists can be seen as broad constructionists

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    10/13/11 Federalists Vs. Democratic-Republicans Hearing about political parties‚ Washington was not too keen on the idea. Conversely‚ he was part of the uprising of the first two political parties. Federalists and Democratic-Republicans‚ previously named anti-federalists‚ were the two different political organizations. The first two parties to evolve were very different regarding beliefs of the common people‚ views of the government‚ their stances on the foreign policy‚ and ways to manage

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    Thesis: It would appear that the assertion that Democratic-Republicans were strict interpreters of the Constitution while Federalists were not are only somewhat accurate. The Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval is of particular interest because Jefferson outright states “...I know also‚ that the laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind”. This is somewhat different from the traditional image of Jefferson interpreting the constitution as absolute

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    Differences Between the Federalists and Jeffersonians During the early formative years of our nation‚ George Washington and John Adams both opposed any development towards splitting politics into two divisions. The two early leaders thought of it to be very unconstitutional‚ stating that Americans need to set aside their differences and remain unified. However‚ the rapidly growing interests of north and south‚ rich and poor‚ and industry and agriculture were all tossed around until two major

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    government grew and the nation prospered‚ the rise of leaders and political figures came about and with this‚ conflicting principles and ideology spawned‚ thus creating the first of the political parties; the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. Although the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans ideology and stances on the power of the federal government‚ domestic economic policies and the group of constituents they represented differed vastly‚ members of both parties often compromised their

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    Republican side As new problems arose facing the new nation‚ many different views toward the new conflicts developed. Initially‚ Hamilton acted aggressively to deal with the new republic’s financial troubles with proposals to fund the national debt‚ create a central banking system and uniform currency‚ and promote manufacturing with a high protective tariff. Jefferson opposed these policies‚ objecting to the concentration of power in the hands of bankers and currency speculators. Jefferson believed

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    the constitution‚ how we vote‚ and how we dealt with foreign affairs. The federalists and the democratic-republicans became the origin of a two-party political system in the United States. The two parties varied drastically not just in their policies but also in who were being represented in these groups. On the federalist end we have merchants‚ bankers‚ the mostly educated classes of people contrastingly on the republican side we have the artisans‚ the farmers‚ and mostly ill-educated folk. The

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    Constitutional Characterizations of Federalists and Democratic Republicans Throughout time‚ in reference to the constitution‚ Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans have been stereotyped as strict constructionists‚ while Federalists as lose interpreters. The true test of these assumptions is revealed throughout the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison‚ two leading figures of these two political parties. Although Jefferson advocated strict interpretation of the Constitution in his speech his

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