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PARTIES IN THE USA(POLITICAL PARTIES THAT IS!!)

Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-Republicans

Alexander HamiltonFederalists

WHO WERE THEY??

F E D E R A L I S T S

• Merchants, Bankers, manufacturers,

• New England

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

D E M O C R AT I C -R E P U B L I C A N S

• Farmers,

• South and west

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

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GOVERNMENT

F E D E R A L I S T S

• Wanted a powerful central government

• Power to tax & declare war

• Power to control commerce (business)

• Power to make treaties

• Loose interpretation of Constitution

D E M O C R A T I C -R E P U B L I C A N S

• Wanted a weaker central government

• More power to states

• Strict interpretation of Consitution

FOREIGN POLICY

F E D E R A L I S T S

• Did not support the French Revolution

• Neutrality

• Liked the British as allies

• Supported Jay’s Treaty

D E M O C R A T I C -R E P U B L I C A N S

• Supported the French Revolution

• Did not like the British

• Opposed Jay’s Treaty

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ECONOMICS

F E D E R A L I S T S

• Central Bank

• Pay state debts

• Protect American manufacturing

D E M O C R AT I C -R E P U B L I C A N S

• Felt Central Bank was unconstitutional

• States that had paid their debts unhappy

• Agricultural states not happy

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