MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Federalist Party
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Democratic-Republican Party
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Democratic Republicans, including Thomas Jefferson, supported the people in the French Revolution. They saw this revolution as a war against the “divine right of kings” and the “proper order”, where the wealthy kings and aristocrats believed they were born into power.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Republican Party supported the French Revolution. They believed that a free, fair-minded republican form of government would be born out of the chaos and bloodshed of the Reign of Terror.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans were sympathetic to France, while the Federalists leaned more toward Britain, fearing the growing radicalism of the French Revolution and attempting to prevent the United States from being drawn into the conflict.
Detailed explanation-4: -Democratic-Republicans had most of their support in the South and West. They believed in states’ rights and a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and that the government should only do what is stated in it. They were founded on democratic principles and believed in self-government.