... Republicans are usually characterized as strict followers of the Constitution and opposed the broad constructionist of Federalist presidents such as George Washington and John Adams. In the time frame of 1801-1817, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the Republican presidents of the time demonstrated the differences of the Republican Party in several aspects involving the interpretation of the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson ... foreign policy during Jefferson's administration, emerging from behind the scenes in 1808 to succeed him as the fourth president of the United States. John Adams...

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... who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. Federalists were firm believers in the production of a strong central government and a broad interpretation of the Constitution. However, the Democratic Republicans believed that the government should follow a strict interpretation of the Constitution and held the idea that this would allow honest representation of the people and prevent government corruption. Jeffersonians felt the need ... ...

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... was always trying to include people in the process of the government (Noble E. Cunningham, Jr.). Therefore, Hamilton was like a modern day Republican and Jefferson was like a modern day Federalist. The interpretation of the constitution differed between the political views of Jefferson and Hamilton. Jefferson believed that the national government was limited to the powers granted to it in the constitution. Thus ... were as dramatic as their similarities. Jefferson wanted the country to be made of farmers, rather then a country of industry which Hamilton preferred. Jefferson also wanted ...

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... President, responded quickly and called out the militia, immediately subduing the rebellion and firmly establishing federal authority. Jefferson and Madison believed that the states should have the greatest power with a strict interpretation of the Constitution. Their view led to the establishment of the Democratic-Republican party. Washington and Hamilton were Federalists that believed in a strong federal government and a loose ... interpretation of the Constitution. The early differences between these men established a two-party system. Foreign affairs, in particular the French Revolu...

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... the Constitution did not authorize the implementation of such a financial colossuses. Hamilton on the other hand believed that what the Constitution did not forbid it permitted. The issue over strict verses loose interpretation of the Constitution marked the fatal split between Hamilton and Jefferson. Hamilton's financial schemes had encroached deeply upon states" rights. Soon organized opposition, headed by James Madison and Jefferson ... ...

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... the federal government, which he saw invading individual liberty, while Hamilton distrusted the people; Jefferson saw American as agrarian, while Hamilton saw it as industrious, and while Jefferson fought for strict interpretation of the constitution, Hamilton favored loose implied powers. It only seemed a mater of time before these converging, congregating and colliding opinions would show themselves prominent in American society. Introduction Cunningham ... ...

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