TB+Electorial+Revolution+of+1800

//Revolution 1800 //   The election of 1800 that resulted in the control of the United States federal government from the Federalists who created the strong federal government to the Democratic Republicans who had opposed its very existence was know as a “revolution” due to the transfer of power from one political faction to another.  The government previously found itself in line with the Federalists’ agenda. The very start of the country’s strong central government had its roots in the Federal movement. It was the federalists who suggested the idea of a more powerful federal government and the Constitution was a Federalist document. The Constitution is phrased in a way that does not specifically limit the federal government’s power but expressly limits the states rights. The way the chief executive was chosen by Federalists for fear the uneducated masses which were comprised of Democratic Republicans.  Every president before was strongly tied to the Federalist Party. George Washington though not a member, he appointed Alexander Hamilton as his Secretary of the Treasury and often approved his plans for economic stability. He agreed with the founding of a federal mint, a central bank, and the levying protective tariffs. Also, John Adams was a Federalist who did much to maintain Federalist control of the government. He passed the Alien Act and the Sedition Act which “ironically” ended with the arrests of the seven biggest pro-Democratic Republican newspaper owners.  The 1800 election was a revolution that changed what political faction controlled the United States federal government from the Federalists to the Democratic Republicans.