Why did the Federalists hate Thomas Jefferson?

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson was an anti-federalist, first of all. He believed that there should be a very small, if any, central government that had very little power. The idea of "Jeffersonian Democracy" is a democracy where the focus is state's rights and not centralized power. His beliefs directly contradicted those of Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists.

This idea has been proven obsolete over time.

Answer 2

The Federalist were more like city boys and Jefferson was more like a country boy and that is how they thought