Hamilton and his federalist followers were decidedly pro-British and anti-revolutionary: they advocated centralist and in some ways aristocratic states; while Jefferson and the Democrat Republicans shared the enthusiasm for France and its revolution. In other words, Hamilton supported neutrality, and in the face of Jacobinism and the 'terror' of the French Republic, they were manifestly pro-British and supporters of a representative, but elitist, policy; on the other hand a new form of popular politics arose around the republicans, who supported French politics, guided by Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson and Hamilton did have differing views of the revolution in France. Jefferson, who have served as foreign minister to France, believed that the United States should helped the French in their revolution again the tyrannical King Louis.
