MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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states
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political parties
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the Constitution
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the Supreme Court
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Detailed explanation-1: -Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Washington believed that beyond factional strife, parties could lead to the establishment of despotism. The alternate domination of one faction over another, he wrote, “natural to party dissention, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.
Detailed explanation-3: -In this letter to “Friends and Citizens, ” Washington warned that the forces of geographical sectionalism, political factionalism, and interference by foreign powers in the nation’s domestic affairs threatened the stability of the republic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Washington remained above the fray; he wanted to be a president of all the American citizens. The most important reason was he believed unity, not division, was necessary for a democratic republic to survive. Washington believed that political parties would divide and destroy the young United States.