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The Jeffersonian Republicans placed their faith in the virtues of an agrarian democracy. They believed that the greatest threat to liberty was posed by a tyrannical central government and that power in the hands of the common people was preferred. Those natural democratic instincts required sharpening, however, by education. In foreign affairs, the Jeffersonian-Republicans favored France over Britain. Jefferson lauded the French Revolution, which claimed the American Revolution as its model, but decried its bloody excesses. The Jeffersonian-Republicans opposed the Jay's Treaty (1795) as excessively pro-British.
The Jeffersonians began using the name Democratic-Republicans in 1796, and would later shorten it to Republicans. During the time of Andrew Jackson they became the Democratic Party.
Over the course of history the idealistic Jeffersonian philosophy lost out to Federalism.
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> Summary > Jeffersonian Republicanism: Politics of... Summary The election of Thomas Jefferson in 1800 ushered in a new administration in more ways than one. The Republicans were committed to "the principles of limitJeffersonian Republicanism: Politics of... Summary The election of Thomas Jefferson in 1800 ushered in a new administration in more ways than one. The Republicans were committed to "the principles of limitation". In Jefferson’s ...
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The Jeffersonian Era
Back to Modules Learn About the Jeffersonian Era Between 1800 and 1815, the Jeffersonian Republicans nearly doubled the size of the country by purchasing Louisiana Territory from France; defeated powerful Indian confederatiJeffersonian Republicans nearly doubled the size of the country by purchasing Louisiana Territory from France; defeated powerful Indian confederations in the Northwest ...
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The Jeffersonian Era
Back to Modules Learn About the Jeffersonian Era Between 1800 and 1815, the Jeffersonian Republicans nearly doubled the size of the country by purchasing Louisiana Territory from France; defeated powerful Indian confederatiJeffersonian Republicans nearly doubled the size of the country by purchasing Louisiana Territory from France; defeated powerful Indian confederations in the Northwest ...
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