Jefferson and Madison were Democratic Republicans -- the archrivals of the Federalists. John Adams was the last Federalist president. The D-Rs were in favor of local rule and against a strong central govt -- they believed it would lead to tyranny. HTH, Warren Wetmore ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [CTMID] Federalist Party | Hi | The Federalist party was founded after the revolution, and was a proponent of | a federal as opposed to Confederated form of Government. The Federal | principle was a geographical distribution of Power with a very strong central | government, as opposed to the Confederation, which was in power at the time | and had a very weak central goverment, with the Stsates retain the greater | powers of authority/regulation. Your local library should have a copy of the | Federalist Papers, which were a series of articles published in various | colonial Newspapers to promote the Federalst aims. James Madison, Thomas | Jeffferson was a major mover in the party, and largely through his efforts, | the Constitutional conventions were convened, and the Constitution ratified. | If you go to Google search engine, and request Federalist, it will provide | you with a very nice site that discusses the Federalist, anti-Federalist | thinking. | Alan | | | ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== | Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site | http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctmiddle/midlsxco.htm | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | |