Jeffersonian republicanism

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American political ideology political philosophy

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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Label Occurrences
Jeffersonian republicanism canonical 4
Democrats favored limited federal government 1
Jeffersonian Republicanism 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American political ideology ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
associatedWith Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Early Republic of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hamiltonian federalism NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jacksonian democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ
later American agrarian movements ⓘ
influencedBy American Revolutionary ideology ⓘ
Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
John Locke’s liberalism NERFINISHED ⓘ
classical republicanism ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 → ideology → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
Tertium Quids faction of the Democratic-Republican Party → influencedBy → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Jefferson's political philosophy
An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States → associatedWith → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Republicanism
An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States → associatedWith → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jeffersonian political tradition
Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated → relatedTo → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jeffersonian Republicanism
Tyranny Unmasked → politicalOrientation → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
Arator → politicalAlignment → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
Second Party System → ideologicalTendency → Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democrats favored limited federal government