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    2 Essay Question Federalists and Republicans Despite George Washington's warnings two distinct political parties had developed by the end of the 18th century. With the aid of French Revolution, Hamilton’s economic plan and the Jay Treaty the two rival parties began to show their faces. The two parties took on labels of the Federalist and the Republicans. As they began to grow you can see how they took shape from ideas, leadership, and principles. The beliefs of the Federalists were centered…

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    what political party would you be in. Back in the late 1700s presidential candidates wondered the same things, but instead of Republicans and Democrats there were Federalist and Democratic-Republicans. Both Federalist and Democratic-Republicans had similarities and differences. They both had leaders, beliefs and supporters. One similarity Federalist and Democratic-Republicans both shared was that they had leaders that in essence formed that political party. Some leaders of Federalist were…

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    The original political parties differed on views of national banks and state banks. Democratic Republicans and Federalists had differing views on many subjects in the american government. The newly formed U.S, government was in major financial trouble due to the fact that The united states had just gone through the Revolutionary War. The war put the nation in deep debt to other countries that they needed to pay off. A major facet of the government that they disagreed on was how to run the…

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    The Federal Party System

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    American political parties have been broad and realistic since the founding of the Republic. There are several institutional reasons for the two party systems in America. Those who favored a stronger central government in the constitution are identified as federalist and the democratic republic favored a system of greater state authority. First of all, the United States is not a democracy, it is a Democratic Republic. This is important in that in a true democracy, the people are continuously…

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    Political Parties are defined as groups of people who organize to win elections, determine policy, and operate the government. Political parties often possess the power to impact the voting toll of many presidential elections. The first two major political parties were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists who argued about whether the Constitution should be or should not be ratified. Although there have been other third political parties, they did not have a lasting stance history. Today the…

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    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…

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    The Democratic party is one of the two major parties, the other being the Republican Party. It is a party whose core values and interests have changed over time. Its existence amounts for more than two centuries; the Democratic Party’s history is moderately stable compared to the Republican Party. Its largest following is that of minorities, it supports big government and is associated with liberal social policies. The party fights for civil rights of minorities, organized labour, and…

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    Political parties formed, disbanded and evolved into something more following the Constitutional Convention. Every couple of years there is an emergence of new political parties as well as the downfall of other political parties. In Washington 's Farewell Address, he advised not to split up into political parties because he believed it would cause an irreparable divide in the county (Washington 's Farewell Address). Due to the fact that no one heeded his advice and allowed a political agenda to…

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    How did the elections of 1796 and 1800 show the political divides between the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans? In 1792 John Adams became president and he was in the Federalist Party. The Federalists supported the proposed constitution. In 1800 Thomas Jefferson became president as a Democratic-Republican. Democratic-Republicans believed that the constitution was strict and that it limited the powers of the government. They believed that the government did not have the right to accept…

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    A political party is an organization of people which seeks to achieve goals common to its members through the acquisition and exercise of political power. In present times it’s mostly associated with the fight for votes and debates between Democrats and Republicans. Several years ago though when political parties did not exist, many were angry that they did not. Although people like George Washington fear that it would split the nation apart and weaken public support of the new constitution, .…

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