... was taking the power away from the states and people. Jefferson and Hamilton's personal rivalry formed into a political rivalry. Each formed their own party, Hamilton's Federalists and Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans. Hamilton and his Federalists party believed in a strong central government at the expense of state rights. That strong central government was to be operated by the "best people". ... Revolution against a powerful monarchy. The fundamental beliefs of the modern day Republicans and Democrats have their foundation back to Jefferson and Hamilton's feud. The modern day Repu...

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... for some, the wealthy, and not very much for the farmers and lower class. French revolution, which made the U.S choose sides, thought their neutrality act, divided the Federalist and the Democratic-Republican favoring the British or the French. The articles of confederation were the first constitution written for the newly formed nation in 1776. In 1787 though, congress made a call for ... 1793. The pro-French Jeffersonians were furious by this proclamation since the U.S. had a Franco-American alliance of 1778. The pro-British Federalists were glad. In 1792-1793 the Federalist and Democ...

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... give a good view of different types of representative democracy, and exactly how they differ. in answer to the question "what is representative democracy?" I would conclude that it is a form of democratic system in which representatives put forward policies which they deem to be in the best interests of the public they represent. However, this is not always the case and in ... ideals. Whether or not representative democracy promotes or restricts popular rule also depends on the political system in place. For example in a first past the post situation with two main parties, one could gai...

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As the two-party system emerged, Hamiltonian Federalists and Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans disagreed on many matters. Their political philosophies were complete opposites in almost every aspect. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, the two people whose names appear in the names of the aforementioned political parties, were also very different from each other as well. The Alien and Sedition Acts enacted by the Federalists ... as well as the Jeffersonians" response to this -- called the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, also in 1798, display the type of immaturity that was going on b...

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