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 Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans‚ fought many ideological and political battles from 1790 to 1810. Conflicts between these two parties grew out of their opposing ideologies the Democratic-Republicans supported states rights and a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution‚ whereas the Federalists favored a strong central government and a broader interpretation of the Constitution. However there are more than 3 major topics that I could talk about involving the Federalist and Democratic-Republicans
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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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document called the Constitution. Although most leaders supported the constitution they did not agree on many aspects of it. Out of the disagreement two groups emerged‚ the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist. The Federalist supported all aspects of the constitution and a larger national government‚ while the Anti-Federalist opposed ratifying the constitution and supported a smaller national government and more sovereignty to the states. This disagreement led to a fierce debate between the two groups
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of Democratic Republican and Federalists extended both strict and loose characterizations of the constitution‚ that shows the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison were not as much of a stereotype. The Democratic Republicans had many ways of being strict through the constitution and a couple ways of being loose. Along with the Democratic Republicans the Federalists were more strict than loose when it came to the constitution and together both the Democratic Republicans and Federalists shows hoe Jefferson
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next president. These parties were the Federalist Party‚ led by Alexander Hamilton‚ and the Democratic Republican Party‚ led by Thomas Jefferson. The Federalists were conservative and as a result their beliefs centered on a strong central government. The Democratic Republicans were liberal and supported the rights of states and individuals. The two political parties which formed after Washington’s presidency‚ the Federalist Party and the Democratic Republican Party‚ expressed the polarized extremes
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the Federalists and Anti-Federalists‚ had disparate visions about how the country should be administered‚ which would cause a complication with our founding fathers‚ who formulated a way to run the country. Federalists assumed to have a forceful central government‚ central bank. Federalists presumed that in a government‚ checks and balance works out‚ so there is no tension between individuals. With Federalists‚ they remained with the strong central governments‚ whereas the Anti- Federalists wanted
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vastly diverse from each other. While Thomas Jefferson was an anti-Federalist‚ many of the other Constitution makers were Federalists. John Adams‚ a Federalist‚ was elected as the second American president in 1796 and served in office until 1800. Thomas Jefferson’s election is termed “The Revolution of 1800” because so many of his ideas contrasted with those of the previous president. Though both the Anti-Federalist and Federalist Constitution makers were aristocratic and wanted a government removed
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