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Compare And Contrast Jeffersonian And Federalist Parties

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The Jeffersonian Republican and Federalist parties were very different in their way of government, but they did have one major thing in common and that was that they both wanted what they believed to be best for the nation, and believed it would be achieved through democracy. That is about where the similarities end. The Federalist party was majority wealthy people and aristocrats, strongest in the Northeast. While the Republicans were middle class who lived in the south and west. The Republicans also favored agriculture and rural life. A big difference which caused a lot of problems was that the Federalist were for the first bank of the United States supported by Alexander Hamilton while the Republicans were very much against it. Another thing
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