<P> Jeffersonian democracy, named after its advocate Thomas Jefferson, was one of two dominant political outlooks and movements in the United States from the 1790s to the 1820s . The term was commonly used to refer to the Democratic - Republican Party (formally named the "Republican Party"), which Jefferson founded in opposition to the Federalist Party of Alexander Hamilton . The Jeffersonians were deeply committed to American republicanism, which meant opposition to aristocracy of any form, opposition to corruption, insistence on virtue, with a priority for the "yeoman farmer", "planters" and the "plain folk". </P> <P> They were antagonistic to the aristocratic elitism of merchants, bankers and manufacturers, distrusted factory workers and were on the watch for supporters of the dreaded British system of government . Jeffersonian democracy persisted as an element of the Democratic Party into the early 20th century as exemplified somewhat by the rise of Jacksonian democracy and the three presidential candidacies of William Jennings Bryan . Its themes continue to echo in the twenty - first century, although with more of a base in the Libertarian and Republican parties . </P>

The jeffersonian state is most consistent with which of the following