USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sharp political conflict developed, and two separate parties, the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans, began to form. Jefferson gradually assumed leadership of the Republicans, who sympathized with the revolutionary cause in France.

Detailed explanation-2: -Notwithstanding the party’s antielitist foundations, the first three Democratic-Republican presidents-Jefferson (1801–09), James Madison (1809–17), and James Monroe (1817–25)-were all wealthy, aristocratic Southern planters, though all three shared the same liberal political philosophy.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the administration of President George Washington, Thomas Jefferson was the first secretary of state. Jefferson and several of his friends and associates became dissatisfied with the policies of the government. They formed a political association that came to be called the Democratic-Republican Party.

Detailed explanation-4: -From 1794 to 1797, Thomas Jefferson operated as the informal leader of what would become the nation’s first opposition political party, the Democratic-Republicans. This party vocally challenged Hamilton’s political views.