Weak.
No, they wanted a small government. They were more focused on the states' rights. Supporters of Adams (National Republicans) were in favor of the strong central gov.
They shrink it. Republicans want individual freedom and less government control.
The Republicans didn't want to compromise so they shut the government down.
The government shut down because the republicans and democrats are arguing about weather to go forward with Obama Care. The republicans do not want this law to pass, but the democrats do.
Because they thought that creating a national bank run by the federal government, would give too much power to the federal government. Jeffersonian Republicans wanted states rights and they saw a creation of a national bank as unconstitutional.
A government that doesn't spend all our money. We want more rights for people and a small government.
Both parties want a central government that defends the interests of the one percent.
They had been ruled over by a government with too much power for years, and didn't want to create the same type of government after fighting for freedom for 6 years.
To travel west.
Republicans
Legal or Illegal? Legal immigrants tend to want to self left alone and to be allowed to earn a living and keep want they earn. People that want that freedom TEND to be Republicans. Illegals tend to want less confirmation and more free gifts from government. They tend to be democrats. If you want freedoms, you tend to want less government. Republicans have tended to be in this same line of thought. Nothing is always in stone, this is just the tendency.
Because the states preexisted the national government and did not want to give up their powers.