... accepted the Republican Party's nomination in 1796 for president. He lost by three votes, which under the prevailing system meant he was elected Vice President and the Federalist, John Adams, was elected president. The Federalist Administration turned upon its political opponents by passing the Alien Act, to deport foreign radicals, liberal propagandists, and agitators, also the Sedition Act, to hold the press ... years of Adam's Administration. In 1800, Jefferson and Aaron Burr ran for office. The electoral vote, in contrast to the popular vote, resulted in a tie between Jefferson and ...

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... 1801-1835. He was involved with many cases, such as Marbury v. Madison and McCulloch v. Maryland, which he gave opinions for. Marshall played on many sides, such as the; constitutional nationalist, a federalist politician and a states"-right radical. He is best known for consolidating the powers of the Supreme Court, where he promoted the American market economy. John Marshall was born on September ... . During this time Marshall was politically active in Virginia. He served in the House of Delegates for two periods; (1782-1790 and 1795-1796). He became a state leader of the Federalist P...

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... and Pinckney's Treaty (1795) with Spain had enlarged U. s. territory and removed serious diplomatic difficulties. In spite of the animosities and conflicting opinions between Democratic Republicans and members of the Hamiltonian Federalist party, the two groups were at least united in acceptance of the federal government. Washington refused to run for a third term and after a mastery Farewell Address in which he warned ... the United States against permanent alliances abroad, he went home to Mount Vernon. His vice-president Federalist John Adams succeeded him. Although Washington reluct...

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... . At this time Patrick Henry's ideas seemed to be far less radical and even pointed in the opposite direction. While running for a seat in the legislature, Henry campaigned vigorously as a Federalist, the political faction that supported a strong federal government, and in doing so separated from most of his former supporters (Microsoft, 2002). Henry was motivated by his opposition to the Kentucky ... ...

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... of rights, felt that a list of specific rights was not necessary. In fact, it was detrimental to protecting individual rights. The opinion of Federalists (as written by Alexander Hamilton in Federalist Paper No. 84) was that if the Constitution contained a list of specific individual rights and liberties that the national government COULD NOT abuse then it might ENABLE the national government ... ...

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