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"The Federalists strongly opposed the purchase, favoring close relations with Britain over closer ties to Napoleon, and were concerned that the United States had paid a large sum of money just to declare war on Spain."
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∙ 10y agoFederalists, despite being the party that supported a strong central government, opposed the Louisiana Purchase. It was opposed mostly because President Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic-Republican who supported a strict, or narrow, view of the Constitution, went against his principles of small government and bought the territory anyway. The Federalists used this as fuel against Jefferson and the other Democratic-Republicans in an era where party politics sharply divided the country.
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∙ 9y agoThe citizens of the United States strongly opposed the Louisiana Purchase. The dissention revolved around the belief that the purchase may not be Constitutional.
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What group criticized the Louisiana Purchase?
Federalists
Why were some federalists opposed to the Louisiana purchase?
There was nothing in the constitution about buying land.
What party was against the Louisiana Purchase?
The Louisiana Purchase was done by Thomas Jefferson who was a Democrat-Republican. The Federalist Party thus opposed the move.
Why did the Federalists oppose the Louisiana Purchase?
They sought stronger ties with Great Britain and not with France.
What would need to be done in order to make the Louisiana purchase permissible within the framework of the constitution?
What reason might the federalists have for Opposing President Thomas Jefferson's plan
What was not intended by jeffersonian republicans to address what they perceived as bad federalists policy?
The Louisiana Purchase
What group criticized the Louisiana Purchase?
Federalists
What provoked federalists to charge Jefferson with unconstitutional expansion?
louisiana purchase.
Why were some federalists opposed to the Louisiana purchase?
There was nothing in the constitution about buying land.
What party was against the Louisiana Purchase?
The Louisiana Purchase was done by Thomas Jefferson who was a Democrat-Republican. The Federalist Party thus opposed the move.
Why did federalists opose the Louisiana purchase?
The constitution didn’t give rules about the purchasing of land.
How did Thomas Jefferson outfederalize the federalists?
He agreed to the Louisiana Purchase through loose interpretation of the Constitution, which was actually a characteristic of the Federalists, not the Republicans. The Louisiana Purchase also diminished the power of state governments, which was against the Republican view of state's rights.
How did the federalist react the Louisiana purchase?
Federalists, despite being the party that supported a strong central government, opposed the Louisiana Purchase. It was opposed mostly because President Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic-Republican who supported a strict, or narrow, view of the Constitution, went against his principles of small government and bought the territory anyway. The Federalists used this as fuel against Jefferson and the other Democratic-Republicans in an era where party politics sharply divided the country.
Why did the Federalists oppose the Louisiana Purchase?
They sought stronger ties with Great Britain and not with France.
Why did the federalists object the Louisiana purchas?
The Federalists strongly opposed the purchase, favoring close relations with Britain over closer ties to Napoleon, believing the purchase to be unconstitutional, and concerned that the U.S. had paid a large sum of money just to declare war on Spain.
What would need to be done in order to make the Louisiana purchase permissible within the framework of the constitution?
What reason might the federalists have for Opposing President Thomas Jefferson's plan
How do you spell Louisiana Purchase?
The correct spelling is Louisiana Purchase (1803).
