A Two-Party System
Democratic-Republican vs. Federalists
How did they split?
*They split after the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1794. They split into political parties. Political parties are a group of politically like minded people who work to elect candidates.
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party
Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans
* Federalists were lead by Alexander Hamilton
*The beliefs of the Federalist were:
*Wanted a strong central government
*Favored rich
*Favored Manufacturing
*Favored England
*Tax and tariffs
*Implied powers
*Democratic-Republicans were lead by Thomas Jefferson.
The Beliefs of the Democratic-Republicans were:
*The favored state rights
*Favored Poor
*Favored Agriculture
*Favored France
*Wanted Low Tax and Tariffs
* Strict interpretation
President George Washington
President at the time of the emerging two parties.
Alexander Hamilton
Leader of the Federalists.
Thomas Jefferson
Leader of the Democratic-Republicans.
Two interpretations of the Constitution.
*The Democratic-Republicans wanted a strict interpretation of the Constitution. This is where the Federal Government only had the powers that are stated in the Constitution.
* The Federalist wanted a loose interpretation of the Constitution. This is when that if it is not directly stated in the Constitution that the Federal Government can't do it then they can do it.