The Federalists were those people who supported the new Constitution of the United States. They believed in a strong national government with powers over the states. They did not support the states' rights beliefs of the followers of Thomas Jefferson. They favored protective tariffs to enable American industry to develop, favored collection of taxes from the states and favored a strong military to protect the nation.
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The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816, the era of the first party system, with remnants lasting into the 1820s.
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The Federalist Party was probably the most elitist US political party.
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The first two parties were the federalist and anti-federalist party
Federalist
The federalist party was the very first political party in the United States. The federalist party was founded in 1792.
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Federalist
The Federalist Party was the first political party in the United States of America. It was formed in the early 1970s and continued in some form until the 1820s.
The Federalist party
The Federalist Party.
Alexander Hamilton began the Federalist Party which supported a strong central government and a national bank
The Federalist Party.
The Federalist Party
The first U.S. political party was the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton. It believed in a strong central government, a sound financial structure and support of business. The second party formed was Democratic-Republican Party, usually called the Republican Party. It was formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to oppose the Federalist Party's support for a strong central government believing distributed government (state's rights) was safer from the totalitarian tendencies of a central government.
The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816, the era of the first party system, with remnants lasting into the 1820s.