Thomas Jefferson was born in Virginia in an upper class family with considerable wealth. The title “The Aristocrat as Democrat” reflects his blue-collar background along with his political views. The title itself is a contradiction in a sense that Aristocrat meaning a government in which power is vested in a minority consisting of those believed to be best qualified; and democracy meaning the opposite, the ruling of the masses. Jefferson had both aristocratic and democratic …showed first 75 words of 409 total…

…showed last 75 words of 409 total…the American market. Also, they had to charter a bank to settle the war finances. By the year of 1816 Thomas Jefferson’s party had taken over all of the aspects of the Federalists party's policies. Josiah Quincy had said that the Republicans had "Out Federalized Federalism." The Republic party had totally beaten out the Federalists. The Republicans also had to assume the programs and policies of the Federalists while merging the two forms of governments.