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From the beginning of the rivalry between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republican Party, the Hamiltonian and the Jeffersonian political leaders were split between their beliefs about the political and economic matters within the nation. Generally, the Federalists based their interpretation upon a “loose construction” of the constitution, where the federal government could obtain power over the right of the individual states. On the contrary, the Jeffersonian politicians dismissed the idea of federal power over the state legislature and incorporated the notion of a “strict construction” of the constitution. This consistent conflict between the two parties gradually subsided with the election of Jefferson, also known as the “Revolution of 1800.’ The Federalists quietly faded away from the public but still had a tremendous influence over the government for several decades. From 1815-1824, the Jeffersonian Republicans still integrated certain principles, concerned with political and economic issues, once held by the Federalists into their own execution of political methods. However, despite the potential of a strong federal government, the Democratic-Republ