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[Free Registration/Login Required] After a brief description of Thomas Jefferson's and James Madison's contributions to the early ideology and government of the new United States in their authorship of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, this essay discusses the dangers of factionalism that threatened the success of the new country. Jefferson's and Madison's handling of these problems when they were president was instrumental in giving the United States a good chance of enduring.
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loose construction, strict construction, "era of good feelings", antifederalist, billof rights, constitution, declaration of independence, federalists, gilder lehrman institute of american history: age of jefferson and madison, hartford convention, jefferson era, ohio h.nn.9, republicans, war of 1812, jefferson era (1800-1816)
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