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Jeffersonian: We should fear public debt above all else. Vehemently tried to fight Hamilton on assuming states debt. Did not support National Bank in any way shape or form.

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Hamiltonian: We should assume states debt in order to establish a National Bank because it will allow us to federally regulate money. Starting with a clean slate would allow us to strengthen our country.

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Hamiltonian: Did not necessarily want a party system because he sided with Washington who thought a 2-party-system would plague our country's government. It would create political gridlock and stop progress.

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Jeffersonian: Thought having a party system would make following politics easier. Politics would then be accessible to everyone rather than just the well-off men. Makes room for differing thoughts and ideas.

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Hamiltonian: We should not fight until we are positive we can win. Our country is too new and weak in involve ourselves in a war against the British.

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Jeffersonian: beliefs follow that we need to protect those who have protected us. Therefore, believed that it was necessary to protect the French from British forces because they defended us when we were in their position.

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Hamiltonian: States should have their own individual rights but they're power shouldn't be greater than the constitution or the national government itself. They addressed this in the tenth amendment, but this only clarified that any powers not given to the national government will be given to the states.

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Democratic-Republicans believed in states rights and that if the national government has too much power they would abuse it, people felt that Jefferson and his beliefs were a good representation of the "western farmer".

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Hamiltonian: The central government should be expanded upon, the articles of confederation had severely limited the national government making things like interstate commerce and a country wide monetary system.

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Jeffersonian: They felt that the role of the federal government should be limited, otherwise they believed that the government would become tyrannical like the king they had just fought to escape.

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Hamiltonian: Federalists believed that the constitution was a living document and that it was open to interpretation so that the government could take necessary and proper actions for the nation.

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Jeffersonian: They believed that if a power was not strictly stated within the constitution, that it was not given to congress or the central government.