Rise Of Political Parties In The United States

Rise of Political Parties Political parties have been around for over 200 years. Over time all of the political parties have changed. In the 1790s the first political parties started to form. The parties that formed were the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists. There are many reasons that political parties started to form. One reason was because of the cabinet George Washington chose. He had two men in his cabinet that were of different parties which were Hamilton who was head of the Federalists and Jefferson of was head of the Democratic Republicans. Both of these men had very different view and the thoughts on how the United States should be run and rebuilt. Even though George Washington had different views and thought that political parties would only hinder the government, and that it would cause more problems than good, political parties still began to form. What lead to the rise of …show more content…
The Democratic Republicans believed that the government should follow the Constitution and only the Constitution. They thought that following the Constitution would prevent corruption from happening and still allow for the people to be represented. The Federalist Party believed in a strong central government. Many people also had different views on how to interpret the Constitution. The Democratic Republicans had a strict view of the Constitution. They viewed the Constitution exactly as you would read it. They did not really try to twist what the Constitution was saying in any way shape or form. On the other hand the Federalists had a little bit less strict view of the Constitution. They viewed the Constitution as flexible and saw the amendments as guidelines more than they saw them as rules. This was one of the many reasons that political parties