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Jeffersonians, so named after Thomas Jefferson , support a Federal Government with greatly constrained powers, as would follow the strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution that Jefferson followed. Jeffersonian philosophy also called for state and local governments to safeguard the rights and property of citizens. Jeffersonians recognized both private and common property. The Jeffersonian Philosophy held that all men had the right to be informed, and thus, to have a say in the government. The expansion of Democracy was one of the chief goals of the Jeffersonians, as is evidenced by their support of the French Revolution . According to their point of view, the farmer should be the backbone of any nation, supplying it with a strong work ethic, virtue, and connection with God . JEFFERSONIAN ECONOMICS Jeffersonians have also held that the Economy Of The United States should rely more on Agriculture for strategic commodities, than on Industry . Jefferson specifically believed “Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people, whose breasts He has made His peculiar deposit for genuine and substantial virtue." However, Jeffersonian ideals are not opposed to all manufacturing. The belief was that unlimited expansion of commerce and industry would lead to the growth of a class of wage laborers that relied on others for income and sustenance. Such a situation, they feared, would leave the American people vulnerable to political subjugation and economic manipulation (Which is what happened through the Industrial Revolution and Gilded Age ) SEE ALSO
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