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Jackson and his supporters offered a distinct alternative to the strong national government Adams had advocated. They and their party, the Democratic-Republicans (shortened to Democrats), represented a wide range of beliefs but shared some common ideals. Fundamentally, they sought to harken back to the belief that a strong central government was the enemy of individual liberty, a tyranny to be feared. Thus, like Jefferson they favored limited government and emphasized state sovereignty. Jacksonians were as fearful as the concentration in the economic power as they were of political power. Their concept of the proper role of government tended to be negative, and Jackson’s political power was largely expressed in negative acts; he used the veto more than all previous presidents combined. Thus, Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty and equality of economic opportunity. Sometimes Jackson......

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