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With respect to the federal constitution, the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. This characterization is inaccurate to a certain degree during . Jeffers ....

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.... stood for. Jefferson would not allow states to dictate religious policy to them because he felt that the constitution did not give him the authority to direct religious polices to his constituents. This article proves that the Jeffersonian Republicans were strict constructionist. The Embargo Act of 1807 was meant not to win a war but to keep peace. The Embargo Act prohibited all United States ships from leaving for foreign ports to export American goods. This caused many New Englanders to become disgruntled with what the federal government had done to them. Many New Englanders felt that the government was using the constitution to attempt to control ....