Jeffersonian
Early American democratic
Jeffersonian describes ideas, principles, or policies associated with Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
The term typically evokes his philosophy of limited federal government, agrarian democracy, individual liberty, and strict constitutional interpretation.
Jeffersonian democracy emphasized the rights of common citizens over elite interests.
A Jeffersonian is someone who advocates these principles or admires Jefferson's political vision.
Government by elected officials
- agrarianismDoctrine valuing farm life
- yeoman farmerIndependent small-scale agriculturalist
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- limited governmentOfficially bounded political authority
decentralization · natural rights · self-sufficiency · civic virtue · separation of church and state · individual liberty · states' rights · religious freedom
America's founding proclamation
- Founding FathersRevolutionary-era American statesmen
- Louisiana Purchase1803 territorial acquisition
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- Lewis and ClarkEarly 1800s expedition leaders
Sally Hemings · Continental Congress · slavery · plantation · embargo · James Madison · John Adams · Alexander Hamilton
Virginia presidential estate
- PalladianRenaissance-rooted architectural style
- neoclassicalReviving ancient aesthetic principles
- rotundaCircular domed chamber
- porticoColumned covered entryway
dome · column · pediment · University of Virginia · pavilion · brick · symmetry · entablature
Early American political party
- popular sovereigntyPopulace holds ultimate authority
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
- common manTypical ordinary citizen
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
egalitarianism · consent of governed · representation · participatory · franchise · electorate
republicanism
Government by elected officials
- agrarianismDoctrine valuing farm life
- yeoman farmerIndependent small-scale agriculturalist
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
limited government · decentralization · natural rights · self-sufficiency · civic virtue · separation of church and state · individual liberty · states' rights · religious freedom · public education
Declaration of Independence
America's founding proclamation
- Founding FathersRevolutionary-era American statesmen
- Louisiana Purchase1803 territorial acquisition
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
Sally Hemings · Lewis and Clark · Continental Congress · slavery · plantation · embargo · James Madison · John Adams · Alexander Hamilton · American independence
Monticello
Virginia presidential estate
- PalladianRenaissance-rooted architectural style
- neoclassicalReviving ancient aesthetic principles
- rotundaCircular domed chamber
portico · dome · column · pediment · University of Virginia · pavilion · brick · symmetry · entablature · balustrade
Democratic-Republican
Early American political party
- popular sovereigntyPopulace holds ultimate authority
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
- common manTypical ordinary citizen
grassroots · egalitarianism · consent of governed · representation · participatory · franchise · electorate
- Early RepublicGeorge Washington, Founding Fathers, John Adams, Constitutional Convention, Alexander Hamilton
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- NeoclassicalCorinthian columns, Palladian, pediment, portico, colonnade
- Anti-FederalistsPatrick Henry, George Mason, Samuel Adams, George Clinton, state sovereignty
JeffersonianFederalist
Constitutional ratification supporter
centralist · nationalist · mercantilist · statist · interventionist
Jeffersonianelitist
One favoring the privileged
aristocratic · oligarchic · anti-democratic · paternalistic · technocratic
Jeffersonianindustrialist
Major manufacturing business owner
mercantilist · commercial · urban · mercantile · metropolitan