Title: Federalists vs. Democratic Republicans - Political Parties
Headings: Federalists vs. Democratic Republicans
Federalists vs. Democratic Republicans
Content: They also did not like that the Federalist party favored the businesses of the North, as this bank did. The opposition of this bank came from a conflict between the economics of the North and the South and put the party at odds with each other. Who were the Democratic Republicans against? Thomas Jefferson and James Madison created it in the House of Representatives in extreme opposition to Alexander Hamilton's Federalist party. The Democratic Republicans despised the Federalists' idea of a national bank and thought it was unconstitutional. They also opposed the Jay Treaty with the British and believed the Federalists were elitist. What were the domestic goals of the Democratic Republicans? The Democratic Republicans favored the farmers more as opposed to the industrialists and merchants. They liked the idea of state's rights, less power to the federal government, and a strict interpretation of the Constitution. They feared that the president would gain too much power and revert back to monarchical tendencies just like the Anti-Federalists.