Federalists and the Whigs in fact shared a common political ideology and represented many of the same interest groups.
The Federalist Party was born in the 1790 by Alexander Hamilton.
The federalists supported the idea of a strong government since the constitution was born.
They also had the idea of "loose interpretation"
The federalist believed that because it would take hundreds of years to write
down everything the U.S. government could do, the elastic clause was created.
The federalists wanted to have a bank so that the government could run properly and smoothly.
The Federalists were largely wealthy, aristocratic men, originating from the New England area
The first two presidents of the United States belonged to the Federalist
Party.
During the war of 1812, the Federalists had lost their control of the American politics and had slowly started to decline in numbers and in popularity.
The Whig party surfaced forty years after the......
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