Over the decade of the 1790s, the Federalists stood for the following economic policies: funding of the old Revolutionary War debt and the assumption of state debts, passage of excise laws, creation of a central bank, maintenance of a tariff system, and favourable treatment of American shipping.
Q. What was the basic difference in the beliefs of the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans?
Hamilton and the Federalists wanted a strong central government, run by well-educated property owners. Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans wanted most power to stay with the states and wanted the farmers and the ‘common man’ to run the nation.
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- Q. What was the basic difference in the beliefs of the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans?
- Q. How did the Federalist and Democratic Republicans have opposing views?
- Q. What is a famous anti federalist?
- Q. What did the Federalists want?
- Q. What was the main goal of the Federalists?
- Q. What impact did the US Bill of Rights have on the development of right laws?
- Q. Why was the Bill of Rights created and what is its purpose?
- Q. Which option best describes the English Bill of Rights?
Q. How did the Federalist and Democratic Republicans have opposing views?
The Federalists believed that American foreign policy should favor British interests, while the Democratic-Republicans wanted to strengthen ties with the French. The Democratic-Republicans supported the government that had taken over France after the revolution of 1789.
Q. What is a famous anti federalist?
Anti-Federalists were composed of political elites like James Winthrop, Melancton Smith, and George Mason, who came respectively from Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia. Other famous Anti-Federalists included Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee, Mercy Otis Warren, Arthur Fenner, and Thomas Jefferson.
Q. What did the Federalists want?
Federalists wanted a strong central government. They believed that a strong central government was necessary if the states were going to band together to form a nation. A strong central government could represent the nation to other countries.
Q. What was the main goal of the Federalists?
Although the primary purpose of The Federalist was to convince New Yorkers to send to the Constitutional Convention delegates who would vote to ratify the Constitution, fully two-thirds of New York’s delegates initially opposed ratification.
Q. What impact did the US Bill of Rights have on the development of right laws?
The Bill of Rights limited only actions taken by the federal government against people. The Founders assumed citizens would be protected by their home states’ constitution. For this reason, the Bill of Rights did not strongly impact Americans’ lives until the Fourteenth Amendment was passed.
Q. Why was the Bill of Rights created and what is its purpose?
The amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens, guaranteeing the freedom of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion; the right to fair legal procedure and to bear arms; and that powers not delegated to the federal government were reserved for the states …
Q. Which option best describes the English Bill of Rights?
“It listed the rights to which English citizens were entitled” is the best option.
