During the time period between 1791 and 1833, a two-party system had begun that demonstrated the philosophy of the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. ... Hamilton was joined by Vice President John Quincy Adams leading the Federalists, who acknowledged a strong central government. ... " Federalists, who were now out of power in the executive branch and a minority in the law-based branch, began to protest America's involvement. ... The Democrat-Republicans were more likely a party that supported "loose construction" and the Federalists the adverse. Succeeding the electio...

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1) While the Federalist and Republican parties were feuding and struggling for control of the growing country of America in 1800, the balance of power was beginning to tip. ... Thomas Jefferson eventually won the election, and the balance of power in the government was shifted from federalist control over to the now powerful Republican Party. ... At the time of the election of 1800 the Federalist Party was in control of the majority of the power in the government. ... Marbury had been appointed to the Supreme Court by Adams as a last minute effort to secure a space in the government in w...

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The "Era of Good Feelings" was a time of complete republican dominance over the federalists which was further established by James Monroe's goodwill tour where he was even welcomed by Federalist New England. ... This relates to Monroe's Goodwill tour in which toured the Northeast helping to increase nationalism even in New England, which was a federalist state. ... Document I serves to show the complete dominance of the Republican Party over the Federalist Party. It was the federalists own fault for their demise. ... The 1820 election was a complete dominance by republican James Monr...

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The Federalist ideas and the Democratic-Republican's ideas clashed. ... The Federalist party was condemned for holding a convention in Hartford. ... The Federalists had come together to discuss secession and to propose seven amendments to protect influence of the northeastern states. As a result of this, the Federalists lost much power in American politics which caused their party to disappear in the year of 1815. ... The disappearing of the Federalists helped Monroe's winning for presidency. ...

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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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A hot topic since the days after the Revolution with Democratic Republicans and Federalist, the National Bank to continued to be a problem for Jacksonian Democrats. ... The aristocratic Federalist and Democratic Republicans placed restrictions on voting to ensure that only a small elite percentage of the population could vote. ...

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The son of a leading Federalist Party, Adams proved to be anything but a slavish devotee to that political cause. ... The final break from the Federalist Party came after Adams choice to support President Jefferson's Embargo act of 1807. Adams angered his fellow Federalists by insisting on considering each issue independently, rather than voting with the party. ... Despite his break with the Federalist Party, he remained active in politics. ...

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George Washington and the Federalists had a strong belief in this political philosophy, where the national government would have enough power in order to be respected and also feared in the U.S. ... Other than that, Jefferson's vision of government was becoming clearer; the Federalists were speechless once he was reelected in 1804. James Madison was elected in 1808, which gave the Federalists full control again. ...

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January 1, 1818 Dear Journal, This last year has been the happiest my family and I have seen in quite some time. Our former Secretary of State, James Monroe is now President, and things are looking good. That wretched Federalist Party is now seemingly out of power for good. I"m glad that a mem...

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8-8.1) Discuss the election of Andrew Jackson as president in 1828, the importance of Jacksonian democracy, and his actions as president (e.g., the spoils system, veto of the National Bank, policy of Indian removal, opposition to the Supreme Court). Mainly between Democrat Republican Andrew Jack...

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If anyone was raised to take on the role of the president of the United States, then that person was John Quincy Adams. He came from the town of Braintree, Massachusetts, which his ancestors had settled, and generations of Adams would come to prosper. His father, John Adams, studied law at Harvard C...

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"Behind every great man, there is a great woman." Meryl Frost first said this in 1945 about his wife. It has since been said countless times over the years, and in countless languages and variations. It is not the first quote in which a husband gives credit to his wife for making him a better man; a better person. It takes a great woman to stand behind a man; a man who is trying to make a difference, change the nation, or in this instance, create a new nation that would be free of the puppet strings from England. ...

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Previous to the civil war rose two characters, two heroes, in Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. Both serve as compact symbols representing the ideology of their own generations. Jefferson exemplifies the aristocrat, the democratic politician, writer extraordinaire, and the pacifist. Jackson epit...

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Numerous events during and after the misnamed Era of Good Feelings "among them the neo-Federalist rulings of John Marshall's Supreme Court, the devastating effects of the panic of 1819, the launching of John Quincy Adams's and Henry Clay's American System "confirmed a growing impression that power was steadily flowing into the hands of a small, self-confident minority. ...

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