Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. However‚ during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison this characterization of the two parties was not so accurate. In the years of 1801 to 1817‚ both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison‚ while supporting a strict construction of the constitution‚ addressed to loose interpretation of the constitution during their presidencies‚ while the Federalist‚ originally
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Federalists and Democratic-Republicans provided the U.S. with permanent political parties due to their interpretation of the Constitution‚ which would evolve and merge the beliefs of the two as time went on. When the political parties were created‚ people they might believed weaken the unity of the U.S.‚ but they checked and balanced each other out to make sure there would be no tyrannical party ruler. As the Federalists interpreted the Constitution loosely‚ mainly using the elastic clause‚ they
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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 own beliefs for the nation’s best interest as a whole. The limitations on the amount
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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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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 Federalist party was an American political party from 1792 to 1816. The Democratic-Republican party was founded in 1792 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans viewed society differently. Being they viewed society in a way to help people individually or help them as a whole. Both political groups viewed many key issues differently that played a role in 1792 to 1816. The Democratic-Republicans and Federalist were facing economic issues‚ government
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With respect to the Constitution‚ Jeffersonian Republicans were casually characterized as strict constructionists who opposed the broad constructionism of the Federalist Party. By the end of John Adams’ presidential administration in 1800‚ two political parties emerged with opposite philosophical views of the Constitution; to shift once the democratic-republicans took office. When the revolution of 1800 propelled the democratic-republicans into office‚ Jefferson and Madison found Alexander Hamilton’s
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American Political Parties There have been many different political parties since the beginning of the American political system. A political party is made up of a group of people that share common goals and ideals‚ and these people work together to help elect people to offices that share these goals to represent them. Political parties work to try to control the government and their ultimate goal is to win as many elections and to gain as many offices as possible. During the time when the
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The Democratic and Republican Parties can trace their roots back to the 1800s‚ but some of the most interesting stories in American political history spring from parties which enjoyed flashes of glory before fading away for good. The extinct political parties of the 1800s include organizations which were successful enough to put candidates in the White House. And there were also others that were just doomed to inevitable obscurity. Here is a listing of some significant political parties who
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formation of the Political Parties "Why can’t we all just get along?" Is a famous quote from the lawyer Rodney King‚ it may be very new in nature but in all actuality it has very deep roots. Back in the revolutionary time period between 1788 and 1800 there was a lot of arguing and verbal fighting going on in America. The loose Articles of Confederation had just been scrapped and the stricter Federal Constitution was now in place causing a big ordeal of fighting between the federalists led by Andrew Hamilton
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