Political parties

Led by Alexander Hamilton

• Federalist Party
• Democratic-Republican Party

Wanted a country based on industry (manufacturing and selling goods)

• Federalist Party
• Democratic-Republican Party

Supporters were businessmen, professionals, and large landowners

• Federalist Party
• Democratic-Republican Party

Felt government should be led by the educated

• Federalist Party
• Democratic-Republican Party

Wanted a country based on farming and agrarian

• Federalist Party
• Democratic-Republican Party

Thought that the state governments should be stronger than the national government

• Federalist Party
• Democratic-Republican Party

Supporters were farmers and common people

• Federalist Party
• Democratic-Republican Party

Led by Thomas Jefferson

• Federalist Party
• Democratic-Republican Party

“We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity…”In which document are these ideals described

• Articles of Confederation
• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independence
• United States Constitution

They believed that most of the power of government should lie in the state governments and the federal government should   be weak.

• Federalist Party
• Democratic-Republican Party