Compare And Contrast The Political Parties

Over time American political parties have changed. One of the first parties is the Federalist and Democratic-Republicans. The Federalist was a group with three of the nation's most gifted political thinkers - James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. These people believed in being allies with Britain, making a national bank, and the “best people” should run the country. While Democratic-Republicans believed in working with France, how a national bank was unconstitutional, They also believed in a strict construction. This would mention That congress is granted the rights given by the constitution and nothing more or less of it. Americans had greatly favored the French revolution until it turned violent and led to a great war. This caused Federalist to turn from France and side with Great Britain. They turned to Britain due to having a good Naval fleet, and their international trade routes that could increase the economy. While on the other hand Jefferson and the Anti Federalist sided with France. Since, they had …show more content…
The Federalist wanted a strong government with a strong executive branch. While the Democratic Republicans wanted a weaker more central government. Along with the Republicans wanting to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution stating ”The Constitution gave the Central Government too much power.” This would add the rights to guarantee individual freedom among the people. The Federalist didn't like the idea of adding these rights to the Constitution since they believe the government was limited by the Constitution no by the people. While the Federalist wanted a two-level government consisting a strong national government, then a smaller political unit that had the power to make their own laws. Flaw to this idea was that is that state and federal laws can often conflict. Due to certain stating wanting things while others wish to not endorse those