Under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the challenges of westward expansion, the War of 1812, and rising sectional tensions necessitated a more complex government structure. Jefferson grappled with the implications of the Louisiana Purchase, prompting debates over federal authority and state rights. Madison faced the pressures of wartime governance, which highlighted the need for stronger federal powers. These challenges ultimately led to an expansion of government functions and the establishment of new institutions to manage growing national issues.
Jefferson and Madison believed that the constitution discouraged the concentration of the power in the federal government.
Jefferson and Madison supported small government control (and a stricter interpretation of the Constituation), while Adams and the Federalists wanted more government power.
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I make the argument that Madison was never Jefferson's protege. Madison and Jefferson met when they were both members of the Virginia House of Delegates. Madison was the younger of the two but in the course of this relationship he never found himself in a position in which he was learning from Jefferson as a protege does. If you read the earlier papers of Madison his ideas do not differ from his ideas after meeting Jefferson. There is the argument that Madison was a firm believer in a strong federal government in the fashion that Hamilton was but then later is a believer in small government like Jefferson but a closer examination of his philosophy reveals a more consistent character. Like Hamilton, Madison believed throughout his career that a strong union was necessary. Like Jefferson, Madison believed that government required limits that Hamilton thought were hampered a robust national government. Madison believed, before Jefferson went to France, in a Franco-American alliance and encouraged a hesitant Jefferson to become the diplomat to France. He worked with Jefferson in the VA House of Delegates. He worked with Gov. Jefferson as a member of the Counsel of State. He encouraged him to go to France and then to return to America to become the first Sec. of State. He was Jefferson's younger ally. But to be a protege Madison would have had to sit at Jefferson's feet and expect to learn something he did not already know and believe. If anything, Madison was always the steady voice common sense that balanced Jefferson's boundless energy.
Hamilton distrust Madison and Jefferson because they were supporting France and were against Great Britain.They were hostile to him.Hamilton said that the views of Madison and Jefferson are unsound and dangerous.
Independence
Marbury vs. Madison
Jefferson.
James Madison was the co-founder, along with Thomas Jefferson, of the political party opposing the Federalists, known as the Democratic-Republicans. They formed the party in response to their disagreements with the policies of the Federalist Party, particularly their view of a strong central government. Madison and Jefferson advocated for states' rights and a more limited role for the federal government.
They didn’t expand it, but created it.
Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, political parties
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.