Many people felt that the document didn't address their personal liberties, so soon after people of this thought (Anti-Federalists) weren't as supportive as they needed to be in order to get a national government to work. ... Following Washington's two term presidency, John Adams was voted in as a Federalist for one term from 1797-1801, following him for two terms was Thomas Jefferson as a Democratic-Republican from 1801-1809, in which the 12th amendment was added to revise the electoral-college procedure. ... Of course with the bulging government, entrance of political partie...

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The Influence of the Greeks on American Democracy "Tyranny is the rule of one man to the advantage of the ruler, oligarchy to the advantage of the rich, democracy to the advantage of the poor." -Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole body of citizens, under procedures of majority rule. This type of democracy is know as a direct democracy, however the form of government that citizens exercise the same right not in person but through elected representatives is known as a representative democracy. Today in the United States of Amer...

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