MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Whigs
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Democrats
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Federalists
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Democratic Republicans
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Federalist Party was a conservative American political party and the first political party in the United States. As such, under Alexander Hamilton, it dominated the national government from 1789 to 1801.
Detailed explanation-2: -Adams was the nation’s first official Federalist president (although Washington had been aligned with the ideas of the Federalists, as president he had frowned on political parties and attempted to remain above partisan squabbling). Portrait of John Adams.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamilton and other proponents of a strong central government formed the Federalist Party in 1791.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jefferson and his colleagues formed the Republican Party in the early 1790s. By 1795, the Federalists had become a party in name as well.
Detailed explanation-5: -Known for their support of a strong national government, the Federalists emphasized commercial and diplomatic harmony with Britain following the signing of the 1794 Jay Treaty.