Task 2.docx (5) Survey of United States History “ C121 Task 2 43972 A. During the Earl

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Task 2.docx (5) Survey of United States History “ C121 Task 2 43972 A. During the Early Republic, partisan politics was on the rise because of the conflict happening between citizens; how Americ... a was being perceived and how the country would progress. One of the issues was the creation of a centralized government and the implementation of the Constitution. The Federalists believed that this would help stability come to the nation. The Antifederalists believed that the Constitution would give too much power to one government and the individual rights of citizens would become threatened, so they supported a government within each state. Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of Treasury, favored commercial welfare over cultivation. Some people viewed this as threatening republican principals and they decided to form a group called the Democratic Republicans (which was also known as the Antifederalists). In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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