1. Jeffersonianism vs. Federalism
... than the Jeffersonians but were more often than not, the influential, politically aware members of early American society. Federalists were driven to base American economy both around agriculture and, unlike Jeffersonians, industry. Alexander Hamilton, who succeeded Washington in the presidency, was the main voice of the Federalist movement. With the first two terms of American presidents being members of ... they worked for the betterment of early America. Jeffersonians felt that the American economy needed to lie more so in agriculture and the exportation of these harvested goods to Eu...
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