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Q1. Why did Thomas Jefferson oppose a large federal government?
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Q1. Why did Thomas Jefferson oppose a large federal government?

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He wanted to limit the Government because he believed that power should remain at the local level and with the people and he believed that a strong federal government would get too powerful and take away the rights of the people.
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