Thomas Jefferson favored strong state government and an agricultural society. Alexander Hamilton was in favor of a strong federal government and an industrial society. These disputes over the ideas about the economy and the government between Thomas Jeffe

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        In the late 18th century and early 19th century, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were two very important figures in American history. But, still these two great figures had opposing ideas from each other. These disputes between Americans soon led to different groups which led to the developing of political parties. Thomas Jefferson favored strong state government and an agricultural society. Alexander Hamilton was in favor of a strong federal government and an industrial society. These disputes over the ideas about the economy and the government between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, led to the formation of the political parties.

        In the 1790’s political parties formed after Washington went into office, ever since then it became the tradition of the United States politics. In the 1790’s Washington went in to office, and appointed his members for his cabinet. In President Washington’s cabinet there were disputes between two of the members, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. They both had different ideas about how the new nation should be run. These two men expressed their feelings to the public. The citizens started to choose the side they agreed with. The citizens started to turn against each other because of the different point of views about the government and the economy. Jefferson called his party the Democratic-Republicans while Hamilton called his party the Federalists.        

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Thomas Jefferson had different views about the government and the economy of the United States. Thomas Jefferson was the writer of the Declaration of Independence and the secretary of state of Washington's cabinet, and was the founder of the Democratic - Republican Party. Since Jefferson favored the Article of Confederation, his idea of a government was a strong state government. He believed that the federal government should be kept small. He thought the constitution should be read strictly, so the government won’t have too much power. He thought the power should be given to the common people. He had deep ...

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