Federalists

=**Federalists**=

toc There were two political parties that participated in the elections of the late 1700s or early 1800s. These were the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists. They were the first ever political parties in the country or the world even. They strongly believed that a strong central government was the best thing to have if they intended to maintain order. Even so, they still were somewhat against the natural human nature.

In the Beginning [[image:An_Advertisement_of_The_Federalist_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16960.jpg width="138" height="215"]]
** T he two parties were started in an argument between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Alexander Hamilton was basically the creator of the Federalists however John Adams was the first one that was elected to be a Federalist. In the beginning the Federalists consisted of businessmen, large landowners, bankers, and probably more people that had a lot of money. The reason the Federalists formed was because they wanted to support the ratification of certain things in the Constitution. **

The Founders of the Federalists
The three main founders of the Federalists were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Alexander Hamilton was the head honcho of the creation of the Federalists and picked James Madison and John Jay to help him in the creation of them. James Madison was a very big help in the ratification of the Constitution and made very many contributions to the writing of the Federalist Papers. John Jay too assisted in the writing of the Federalist Papers, but he also helped ratify the constitution in New York by writing a pamphlet called, "An Address to the People of New York," which fortified the Federalist beliefs.

The Federalist Papers [[image:johnjay.jpg width="208" height="273"]]
The three founders of the Federalists, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison worked together to create a series of essays that strongly supported their ideas. The essays helped in ratification of many things about the constitution and caused more people to adopt the new parts to the constitution which greatly increased the amount of Federalist supporters.

The Decline of the Federalists
The Federalists did keep power for a decent amount of time, but they started to decline at the death of Alexander Hamilton. He was killed in a duel against Aaron Burr, the Vice President. Slowly the Federalists lost their power and in the election for a new president, Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic-Republican became president which lessened their power even more. Eventually the Federalists just disbanded and they are now forgotten and not talked about much.

Later Times [[image:413rD+rwZ2L._SL500_AA242_PIkin-dp-500,BottomRight,-6,38_AA280_SH20_OU01_.jpg width="224" height="224"]]
The Federalists were always in support of the constitutions ideas that supported more power towards the government and were always trying to keep order this way. They were very quick at climbing to power and just about as quick at coming down. Although they did not last, the Federalists were the first step in the creation of the Democratic Party that we have today and although not exactly alike they are both similar.