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APUSH Review: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans Everything You Need to Know About The First Political Parties To Succeed In APUSH
Which Federalists are we talking about????? 1780s version: Favored the ratification of the Constitution and a stronger central government Key Federalists that advocated the ratification John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison (The Federalist Papers) 1790s version: Political party led by Hamilton
Democratic-Republicans Democrats, Republicans, Jeffersonians Key people: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
What Helped Create The Parties? The founding fathers did not foresee political parties Not mentioned in the Constitution Hamilton received much opposition to his financial plan (especially the BUS) Opposition was led by Jefferson Eventually, two parties emerged, led by Hamilton and Jefferson
A Summary Of The 2 Parties Democratic-Republicans (Jeffersonians) Federalists (Hamiltonians) Supported by: Commoners, middle-class Wealthy, aristocrats Interpretation of Constitution Strict Interpretation – only could do what Constitution states Loose Interpretation – what Constitution does not forbid, one can do Foreign Policy Pro-French: Ally during the Revolution, distrusted British Pro-British: trade, powerful country Economy Should Be Based On Agriculture: Farming should be the backbone of the economy Merchants and trade: View of BUS Disliked it: favored the rich Liked it: would help stimulate the economy, build credit
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