Jefferson wanted to make the government more democratic, less favoring people. he wanted everyone to have equal/ the same rights. Jefferson disagreed with the federalists who wanted the government to be based on only the wealthy people.
Jefferson believed in strict limits and agrarianism as far as the national government was concerned.
Jefferson's views differed from Hamilton's because Jefferson believed that implied powers are the powers that are "absolutely necessary" to carry out expressed powers, but Hamilton thought it meant that they were not expressly forbidden in the Constitution.
The changes that Jefferson made minimized the powers of the centralized government. These changes reflected his views that government if given too much power would threaten the rights of the people.
The smaller and less intrusive the better.
Advocate of STATE RIGHT'S
America was too big to be a direct democracy
For Jefferson there was no government needed while for Hamilton a strong national government was needed.
Society had changed since Jefferson's time.
Thomas Jefferson's views on federal government were that there should be a weak central government and power to the states. This also shows his continuing support of the Articles of Confederation.
The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions reflect Jefferson's view on government because Jefferson wanted he government based on a strict translation of the Constitution. Jefferson's views included that government was instituted to protect individual's rights.
Because they wanted it to be perfect
Alexander Hamilton believed in a loose interpretation, while Thomas Jefferson believed in a strict interpretation.