Question

what issue united westerners, southerners, and some mid-atlantic citizensinto into a political coalition that challenged the federalists and called for a return to the "true principles" of republicanism?

Answer 1

The dissatisfaction of people about the fact that the national program created by Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of the Treasure from 1789-1794, appealing to people's economic self-interest, and helped basically people that already had a lot of money. That united people from south, west and some mid-atlantic into a politic coalition that they called "the return of republicanism".