What is Democratic-Republican Party?
[[Image:Tricolour Cockade.svg|right|200px]] The '''Democratic-Republican Party''' was founded by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[James Madison]] in 1792. It became the most popular [[political party]] until the 1820s. In the [[1824 United States presidential election]] it split into several [[faction]]s, one of which became the modern-day [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Its members spoke of the party as the '''Republicans''', '''Jeffersonians''', '''Democrats''',<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbpe&fileName=rbpe09/rbpe099/09901000/rbpe09901000.db&recNum=1&itemLink=r?ammem/rbpebib:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28rbpe+09901000%29%29:&linkText=0 Address of the Republican committee of the County of Gloucester, New-Jersey ... Gloucester County, December 15, 1800] and the last nominating caucus of the Party. {{cite journal|title = Anti Caucus/Caucus|journal=Washington Republican|date= February 6, 1824|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbpe&fileName=rbpe19/rbpe192/1920070a/rbpe1920070a.db&recNum=0&itemLink=r?ammem/rbpe:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28rbpe1920070a%29%29%231920070a001&linkText=1}}</ref> or combinations of these ('''Jeffersonian republicans''', etc.).<ref>Mathews, ''Dictionary of Americanisms'' (1951)</ref> A [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] party, the party was based primarily on the concept of [[liberalism]]. Jefferson and Madison created the party in order to oppose the economic and foreign policies of the [[Federalist Party|Federalists]], a party created a year or so earlier by Treasury Secretary [[Alexander Hamilton]]. Foreign policy issues were central; the party opposed the [[Jay Treaty]] of 1794 with Britain (then at war with France) and supported good relations with [[France]] before 1801. The party was against many of Hamilton's proposals concerning the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. Note that this party is different from the modern-day [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. == References == * Henry Adams, ''History of the United St