Political Parties have been in the United States since 1796. A big question that has been asked many time is. Why did America form political parties? This is because a lot of the candidates have many different views as seen in document one which is a chart that shows the differences between Hamilton and Jefferson. When theses …show more content…
The second main reason is that political parties have some unfair parts to it. Such as The Sedition Act which was an act that was talked about in the 5th document. The Sedition Act is an act that says that if someone says or writes something bad about people in the government or the government then they would have to pay a fine of 200 or more dollars or they would have to go to jail for no more than 2 years. This is unfair because candidates can’t make their point why they should be president. For instance, if someone wants to change the government in a better way they can’t say because they would be fined or go to jail. Also, gerrymander was unfair. Gerrymander is when people set boundaries that would help them win in an election. Why this could be unfair is because it manipulated people to voting for their party. Political parties may have had their downs but know they are