THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
PRESIDENT JEFFERSONS ELECTION AND JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY
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Federalist regions represented industry so they were supported by the North.
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Democratic Republicans represented the common man so southern agricultural states voted for them.
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Northern states were split in voting Demo-Rep and Federalist because of slavery.
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Demo-Rep won the election because southern farm owners lived in bigger states.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Political factions or parties began to form during the struggle over ratification of the federal Constitution of 1787. Friction between them increased as attention shifted from the creation of a new federal government to the question of how powerful that federal government would be.
Detailed explanation-2: -Referred to by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 as “The Revolution of 1800, ” the election results marked the first peaceful change of executive party in the US and confirmed the role of the electorate in choosing the American president.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why was the election of 1800 significant? The election of 1800 was significant because it marked the first peaceful transition in power from one political party to another.