between two opposing political philosophies during the late 1700’s. The Federalist and Anti-Federalist parties aroused at the formation and ratification of the Constitution. Both sides pointed out many arguments in order to find common ground in a governmental structure. The main conflict between the two parties revolved around the amount of power and control that the states and national government would obtain. As I am on the Federalist side‚ I support and agree to ratify the Constitution. For this will
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Federalists‚ as founded by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton who persist in faith like there should be a strong central government and loose view of constitution. It means they regard anything not forbidden in the constitution is allowed for federalist government. Dealing with foreign countries‚ they prefer trading and communicating with Britain since they have one of the world’ most powerful navy which is convenient for import and export. They also raised up the idea of forming a national bank which
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that were 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
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1789-1801. These are the years in which the Federalists had the most influence in the new government. They accomplished an amazing amount in these 12 years. <br><br>The Federalist Party was one of the first political organizations in the United States. The members of this party supported a strong central government‚ a large peacetime army and navy‚ and a stable financial system.<br><br>Although the first president‚ George Washington‚ was not a Federalist‚ his Secretary of the Treasury‚ Alexander Hamilton
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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 supporting a broad view‚ countered the Democratic- Republicans
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Purchase of the Louisiana territory from France for 15 million dollars by today’s standards was clearly a great investment‚ but at its time it touched off a political firestorm of disagreement between both Thomas Jefferson’s Republican party and Federalists. The Republicans favored a system that provided constitutionally limited central government leaving the remainder to the states to control. In Jefferson’s view‚ anything that was written in the constitution was the responsibility of the federal
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The Federalists and the Anti Federalists went together like fire and ice. They always seemed to crash heads when it came to who should take power. The supporters of the proposed Constitution called themselves Federalists. They wanted a strong centered government. Unlike the Anti federalists‚ they were a diverse coalition of people who opposed ratification of the Constitution. Although less well organized than the Federalists‚ they also had an impressive group of leaders who were especially prominent
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“age of passions.” These debates reached the people as the struggle to gain power came at the cost of the first protection of the Bill of Rights‚ the freedom of speech. The Federalist and Democratic Republicans emerged in response to the Hamilton plan and continued throughout the decade‚ becoming more pronounced‚ as Federalist impeded the first protection in the bill of rights‚ the freedom of speech‚ in their struggle to repress
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the subject of numerous debates. The contending groups consisted of Federalists‚ those who supported ratification‚ and Anti-Federalists‚ those opposed to the constitution. Each group published a series of letters known as the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers. The Anti-Federalist papers objected to provisions of the proposed constitution while the Federalist Papers defended the rationale behind the document. Anti-Federalist objections included that; the United States was too extensive to be
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During the Constitutional Period‚ there were two groups of people; one group called the Federalists‚ wanted a stronger national government and one group called the Anti-Federalists‚ opposed the development of a national government. The Federalists ratified the Constitution to help properly manage the debt and tensions following the American Revolution. The Anti-Federalists opposed the development of a strong federal government and the ratification of the Constitution‚ preferring instead for power
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