The Republicans, which were made up of anti-federalists, were led by Alexander Hamilton. The Federalists, who were mainly from the north and lived in urban areas, wanted a broad interpretation of the law. ... The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 said that the Federalists were going to disregard the constitution. Since there seemed to be no way of protecting the constitution from the Federalists, Madison and Jefferson turned to the state governments. ...

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They were divided into two fractions known as the Federalists and the Anti-federalists. Hamilton became the leader of the Federalists and Jefferson was the leader of the Anti-federalists or Democratic Republicans. The main difference between these two fractions was that the Federalists advocated a strong central government where as the other group favored increasing the common man's role in government. ...

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Two political parties know as the Federalists and Republicans began in the United States. Alexander Hamilton led the Federalists. ... The Federalists felt differently, they felt only the wealthy and well educated should lead the nation. ...

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When writing our constitution, the anti-federalists were worried that the constitution gave to much power to the leaders, and not enough to the people. The federalist and the anti-federalists agreed on a compromise. ...

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The federalists lost most of their support because they had discussed succeeding from the union at the Hartford Convention. Even New Englanders, formally staunch Federalists were voting for Democratic Republicans. ... In the election of 1812 Republicans carried 12 out of 19 states and in the election of 1820 there was no Federalist candidate. ...

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Thomas Jefferson considered himself neither Federalist nor Anti-Federalist. ... Jefferson felt that because he opposed some of the Federalists ideas and many more of the Anti-federalists ideas that he could not be grouped with either party or in between the parties. ...

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Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and diplomat, and one of the most important authors of the U.S. Constitution. He was born January 31, 1752, at Morrisiana estate, in Westchester County, NY, in 1752. He lived in a wealthy family of Loyalists. He had a half brother, named Lewis, who sig...

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In the early 1800's, the Supreme Court decisions on the cases of McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden represented a bold abuse of the power by the Supreme Court in favor of the national government. In both of these examples, the Supreme Court wrongly interpreted the Constitution, gave too much...

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The U.S. Constitution Article Five, clause two of the United States Constitution states, "under the Authority of the United States, [the Constitution] shall be the supreme law of the land." As a result of the fact that the current activist government is pursuing inconsistent policies, many believe the Constitution has become irrelevant because no guiding principles seem to exist. Thomas Jefferson once said, "The Constitution belongs to the living and not to the dead." Accordingly, it is often referred to as a "living" document because of its regular alteration and ...

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