initiatives to Congress. The Federalist Party to whom Washington became sympathetic to was America’s first political party‚ founded in 1789 through 1824. The leaders were Alexander Hamilton and John Adams and the party was later merged into the National Republican Party. The Federalist ideology consisted of American Federalism‚ Centralization‚ Modernization and Monetarism. They called for a strong national government that allied itself with Britain. The Anti-Federalists or the opposition who was
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reasons are many and varied. Historical Foundations The first two opposing groups in U.S. political history were theFederalists and the Anti-Federalists. In the early years of our nation‚ the Federalists dominated in power‚ because they were essentially the "money" party; they represented the merchants and the manufacturers‚ whereas the Anti-Federalists (who would gradually become known as the Democratic Republicans‚ and eventually as just the Democrats) represented the artisans and the farmers
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parties were born of the conflict between Alexander Hamilton‚ the Secretary of the Treasury‚ and Thomas Jefferson‚ the Secretary of State. Hamilton‚ who favored a strong central government and a loose interpretation of the Constitution‚ headed the Federalist Party. Jefferson‚ who wanted stronger local governments and believed in a stricter interpretation of the Constitution‚ led the Democratic-Republicans. At the time‚ few thought that political parties would last for long (and many hoped they would
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national party: the Whigs. pg. 321- James Henretta The early political battles between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists and the winner take all electoral system helped cause the two party system. After the Democratic Party developed with no major opposition‚ it was imminent that another party would sprout up soon to oppose the viewpoints of the Democratic Party. In 1834‚ a group of congressman eventually banded together to oppose Andrew Jackson and created the Whig Party. Personal
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advantages. From the beginning of the United States‚ groups such as the Tories‚ Whigs‚ Federalists and the Anti-Federalists‚ have been active‚ supporting various ideas or plans. The Tories‚ who were pro-Britaish before the American Revolution‚ and the Whigs‚ those who were Pro-American before the American Revolution‚ were of the earliest groups organized to support a certain cause or idea. Next the Federalists and Anti-Federalists emerged‚ alternating supporting and obstructing the ratification of the Constitution
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the same ideas about the way a country should be governed. They work together to introduce new laws and alter the old ones.” This definition could be used to explain the Federalist and Anti-Federalist‚ and this is why I believed that though leaders opposed political parties they were already partaking in one. The Anti-Federalist party eventually became the Democratic-Republican party. When elected in 1828 Andrew Jackson‚ the Democratic-Republican
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Locke himself believed firmly in a strong and trusting relationship between the government and the people it protects‚ specifically that the government should indeed protect its people. These views align with the party platform of the English Whigs‚ as stated by David Lutz (131). Another important influence was Algernon Sidney‚ where he was noted to be “Jefferson’s source for seeing” Aristotle and Cicero‚ being some of the Roman republican thinkers (118). Sidney specifically references the Bible
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Research Paper: Jefferson vs. Hamilton Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were two very influential people with very different ideals. With land inherited from his father‚ Jefferson set himself up as a Virginia tobacco farmer. Once established as a planter‚ Jefferson entered Virginia politics. As a politician‚ he did not have the ability to make rousing speeches. Instead‚ Jefferson spoke eloquently through his writing. His words in the Declaration of Independence and other writings are still
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Second Party System. This is a period in time where the Whigs and Democrats emerged as the major political parties. The Whig Party was created by those who were against Presidents Jackson’s policies and who opposed the Democratic Party‚ while the Democratic-Republicans converted to Democrats. Although both parties aided in democratization‚ the parties ran on very different platforms (Norton‚ 2015). The Whig Party was similar to the Federalist Party in terms of favoring a powerful central government
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The Monroe doctrine was essentially intended to prevent the Western Hemisphere off-limits to European colonization. European powers would attempt to restore Spain’s former colonies‚ attempts would be viewed as a hostile act against the U.S Second Continental Congress intercolonial assembly that met in Philadelphia on May 10‚ 1775; all thirteen colonies were represented; still wanted to just get British acts repealed and wrote new appeals to British people and king‚ but raised money to create an
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