THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Anti-federalist
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Democratic Republican
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Federalist
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Whig
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Detailed explanation-1: -Marshall was among the more prominent members of the Federalist Party who opposed the adoption of the Sedition Act of 1798.
Detailed explanation-2: -Marshall won the August 4 Republican primary and was elected on November 3, defeating Democratic nominee Barbara Bollier. Marshall was sworn in on January 3, 2021.
Detailed explanation-3: -He asserted the judiciary’s authority to expound the Constitution as paramount law and to hold the other branches accountable to that law. Second, Marshall interpreted the Constitution in ways that significantly enhanced the powers of the federal government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Federalists believed in much more centralized power than Democratic-Republicans. Marshall, through the Supreme Court, changed the United States by empowering the Supreme Court, ruling on the size and scope of government and leaving a strong legacy. Marshall’s first most important case was Marbury v. Madison in 1803.
Detailed explanation-5: -James Madison and John Marshall had a lot in common. Madison and Marshall were both Founding Fathers from Virginia and both owned estates that used slave labor. Madison and Marshall both were major forces at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and were on good terms with George Washington.