USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Antifederalists morphed into the Democratic-Republicans and then the Republicans. The main issues stemmed over the Constitution and the role of government in the creation of America.

Detailed explanation-2: -George Washington, the Anti-Federalists in 1791 became the nucleus of the Jeffersonian Republican Party (subsequently Democratic-Republican, finally Democratic) as strict constructionists of the new Constitution and in opposition to a strong national fiscal policy.

Detailed explanation-3: -These two political parties were divided over the issue of the strength of the government. The Federalists argued for a strong central government, while Democratic-Republicans believed that the state governments should be stronger than the central government.

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. After John Adams, their candidate, was elected president in 1796, the Federalists began to decline.