Jeffersonian republicanism

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Jeffersonian republicanism is a political philosophy rooted in Thomas Jefferson’s ideas that emphasizes limited federal government, states’ rights, agrarianism, and a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American political ideology ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
associatedWith Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Early Republic of the United States ⓘ
constitutionalView enumerated powers doctrine ⓘ
strict constructionism ⓘ
corePrinciple agrarianism ⓘ
civic virtue ⓘ
individual liberty ⓘ
limited federal government ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
states’ rights ⓘ
strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
developedInContextOf post-Revolutionary United States politics ⓘ
economicView agrarian economy preference ⓘ
skepticism of commercial finance ⓘ
skepticism of industrialization ⓘ
emergedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
goal preservation of a virtuous republic ⓘ
protection of individual rights against government overreach ⓘ
historicalOpponent Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists

Hamiltonian federalism ⓘ
influenced Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Jacksonian democracy ⓘ
linked to: Jacksonian era

later American agrarian movements ⓘ
influencedBy American Revolutionary ideology ⓘ
Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
John Locke’s liberalism ⓘ
linked to: John Locke

classical republicanism ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
opposes aristocracy ⓘ
concentrated financial power ⓘ
hereditary privilege ⓘ
large standing armies ⓘ
monarchical tendencies ⓘ
national banking dominance ⓘ
strong centralized federal authority ⓘ
politicalSpectrumPosition classical liberal ⓘ
supports agrarian small landholders ⓘ
decentralized political power ⓘ
local self-government ⓘ
yeoman farmers ⓘ
values education as support for republican citizenship ⓘ
equality of opportunity for white male citizens in its historical context ⓘ

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Robert Y. Hayne → ideology → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
Tertium Quids faction of the Democratic-Republican Party → influencedBy → Thomas Jefferson's political philosophy ⓘ
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An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States → associatedWith → Old Republicanism ⓘ
linked to: Jeffersonian republicanism
An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States → associatedWith → Jeffersonian political tradition ⓘ
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Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated → relatedTo → Jeffersonian Republicanism ⓘ
linked to: Jeffersonian republicanism
Tyranny Unmasked → politicalOrientation → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
Arator → politicalAlignment → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
Second Party System → ideologicalTendency → Democrats favored limited federal government ⓘ
linked to: Jeffersonian republicanism
William Branch Giles → ideology → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
Aurora → politicalAlignment → Jeffersonian Republican ⓘ
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Aurora, or, The Republican Chronicle → politicalAlignment → Jeffersonian Republican ⓘ
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George Eacker → ideology → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
Gallatin Plan → historicalPeriod → Era of Jeffersonian democracy ⓘ
linked to: Jeffersonian republicanism