MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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should more power be with state or federal government?
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should the US expand its borders?
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should Presidents be elected through electoral college or popular vote?
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should representation in Congress be equal or based on population?
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Detailed explanation-1: -Political factions or parties began to form during the struggle over ratification of the federal Constitution of 1787. Friction between them increased as attention shifted from the creation of a new federal government to the question of how powerful that federal government would be.
Detailed explanation-2: -Banking was the first dividing issue, with Federalists supporting the chartering of a national bank and the Democratic Republicans opposing it. The division into parties was also amplified by differing responses to the Jay Treaty negotiated between the United States and Great Britain in 1794.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1790s and early 1800s, senators divided into rival parties based on support of and opposition to the policies of presidents George Washington and John Adams, especially regarding foreign relations with Great Britain and France and the role of the federal government.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first parties were anti-federalist and federalist.