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George Washington was strongly against America dividing into two different political parties. In his farewell address, he wanted the people of his nation to be united, and he felt that political parties would turn his nation against each other. He also warned against foreign entanglements.
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It wasn't up to any president to ALLOW political parties to form, but they first formed under George Washington as the Constitution came about, some people were for the Constitution, federalists, and some were against the constitution, anti-federalists.
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In 1789 there were no political parties. In fact Washington warned about the formation of parties and how they would put their interests before the common good of the people. Looks like he was right.
these political parties were started around the time of George Washington. our first president was against the parties because he thought people would elect a candidate in the persons own party rather then the candidate that was the better fit to lead. written by, -an eight grader
George Washington felt that political parties were dangerous for the country. He explained in his farewell speech that political parties could cause people to end up being more loyal to the party than to the nation.
In the United States there are two main people who ran for president in 1876. Their political parties were the Democrats who nominated Samuel Tilden and Republicans who had Rutherford B. Hayes as their candidate. .
Although not a member of any party, George Washington basically favored a strong central government so long as there was a balance of power held by the Congress. Having just fought a long and bloody war against the British to rid the US of a king, Washington was leary of one person holding such monarchial power again.
According to his letter he was most concerned about the creation of political parties. He felt that the party would be more concerned with it's importance and value instead of caring about the good of the people. He has a point when you look at the parties today.
Washington established the cabinet, so he must have thought it was necessary. Later on during his presidency, two political parties where created. The Leaders of the two parties where in his cabinet, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Washington did not side with either of them. He thought that political parties where corrupt, so he enforced his rule in his cabinet to the fullest. People have documented possible times where they heard Washington yelling and arguing with his cabinet, making sure there is no sign of political parties.
They began with Washington, but he felt that they didn't represent the people and were selfish only interested in their interestes and worked against the public good. Jefferson once remarked that "two people give you a law firm and three a political party." It was impossible to stop them from forming since there were all ready two groups in writing the constitution.