Question #1d754

A. Thomas Jefferson wrote that political parties were a result of human nature, That many men the sick, weakly and timid would favor a strong central government that would care for them. While the strong self confident would favor a limited government. He compared American political parties to the Whigs and Tories of England. Political parties were regarded as a necessary evil by Jefferson A is wrong.

B. Thomas Jefferson helped to form the Democratic Republican party with Madison. He felt that there needed to be a party that would support the farmer, the small business men. a party of limited federal governmental power. This party would be a balance to the influence of the federalist party of John Adams. A Republican party favored the people. The Federalist party favored the wealthy and the government. There was no Republican Federalist party that is an oxymoron.
B. is wrong.

C. Jefferson wrote that the parties despite their philosophical difference should unite and cooperate in the interests of the American people. Jefferson who favored limited government supported the construction of the National Road, an expensive Federal project more in line with the position of the Federalists but helpful to the American people as a whole. Jefferson also inked the Louisiana Purchase. These expensive projects cost Jefferson political support from his base supporting small government but was for the benefit of the American people.
C. is correct.

D. There was no Republican party at the time. Jefferson was key in the formation of the Democratic Republican party. As the leader of this party he would be very unlikely to advocate the dissolving a a party similar to the one he formed. ( impossible because the Republican party did not exist while Jefferson was alive. )
D. is wrong