Question

although the nation was united under a single political party, division emerged resulting in the eventual development of new parties. compare the causes of these jefferson division leading to the first two party system in the 1790s

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The specific explanation is the following.

The federalists that were led by Alexander Hamilton considered that the best political option to rule the United States was a strong central government that could govern the forming nation. In total opposition, the antifederalists,-led by Thomas Jefferson- thought that a strong federal government could turn into tyranny, as was the case of the English monarchy and the antifederalists did not want that for the United States. That is when these two political poitn of views were so different that polarized the delegates.

The antifederalists demanded the inclusion of a Bill of Rights to the US Constitution that was finally drafted by James Madison.

Answer 2

Hamilton was considered a financial wizard and many trusted him to finance the new government, he was not without opposition. His most outspoken critic was Thomas Jefferson, who was serving in President Washington’s Cabinet as Secretary of State. Jefferson strictly interpreted the Constitution and believed in a decentralized government that should exist primarily to protect man’s natural rights to life, liberty, and property.

James Madison (1751–1838), an Orange County, Virginia, planter was a strong proponent of a strong central government to replace the Articles of Confederation. Usually ,credited with being the Father of the Constitution of 1787, Madison established the Jeffersonian-Republican Party with Thomas Jefferson and in 1809 succeeded him as president of the United States.

Opponents (Anti-Federalists) and supporters (Federalists) of the new constitution began to associate into political factions. In Virginia, Anti-Federalists led by Patrick Henry (1736–1799) defeated James Madisons election to the Senate and forced him into a campaign for the House of Representatives against a strong Anti-Federalist, James Monroe (1758–1831), later the fifth president. The rapid evolution of political parties from factions was an inventive American response to political conflict.

Although James Madison had opposed early amendments to the Federal Constitution, he hoped to derail the growing political demand for major constitutional changes by offering a bill of rights as a diversion of a tub for a whale, a reference to a story by Jonathan Swift in which a tub is tossed to a whale to keep it from wrecking a boat. In his June 8, 1789, speech Madison favored inserting amending phrases into the body of the Constitution.