1. Political Parties: Federalists and Republicans
... interested in the production of trade materials at a lower cost than imports. It was this economy problem that first initiated the widespread problem of petty differences and separated the Federalists and Republicans. Federalists that were on Hamilton's side believed they were for the constitution but at the same time they wanted a central government where the states had limited powers. While a Republican ... power should remain solely in the national government's hands, that way the elite could control it. Republicans, on the other hand, had the opposite philosophies on government tha...
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