POLITICAL PARTIESI. MANY AMERICAN LEADERS FEARED

THE CREATION OF POLTICAL PARTIES BELIEVING THEY WOULD DIVIDE & DESTROY THE NEW NATION

II. NAME: FEDERALIST PARTY

III. LEADERS:

ALEXANDER HAMILTON JOHN ADAMS

IV. BELIEFS:

1) STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

2) WEALTHY BEST ABLE TO RULE

3) WANTS U.S. TO BECOME A NATION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

V. SUPPORTERS:

STRONG SUPPORT IN THE NORTHEAST;

WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN, MERCHANTS & BANKERS

VI. ISSUE:

FAVORED HAMILTON’S PLAN (TARIFFS, NATIONAL BANK, STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT) BECAUSE IT IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS

NAME: REPUBLICAN PARTY

LEADERS:

THOMAS JEFFERSON JAMES MADISON

BELIEFS:

1) STATES SHOULD HAVE MORE POWER THAN THECENTRAL GOVERNMENT (STATES’ RIGHTS)

2) COMMON MAN BEST ABLE TO RULE

3) WANTED U.S. TO REMAIN AN AGRICULTURAL NATION, A NATION OF FARMERS

SUPPORTERS:

STRONG SUPPORT IN THE SOUTH & WEST; FARMERS AND LOWER CLASSES

ISSUE:

AGAINST HAMILTON’S PLAN BECAUSE IT FAVORS THE RICH AND IS “UNCONSTITUTIONAL”