First Party System
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The First Party System was the initial era of organized political parties in the United States, marked by competition between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical era
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political party system → |
| alsoKnownAs |
First American Party System
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| characterizedBy |
development of party newspapers
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elite-led party organizations → emergence of national political parties → limited mass participation in politics → |
| country |
United States
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| declineCause |
Era of Good Feelings
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collapse of the Federalist Party → |
| dominantIdeologyDemocraticRepublicans |
agrarianism
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states’ rights → strict construction of the Constitution → |
| dominantIdeologyFederalists |
loose construction of the Constitution
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pro-commerce and manufacturing → strong national government → |
| emergedFrom |
conflicts over Alexander Hamilton’s financial program
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debates over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution → |
| endTime |
1820s
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| followedBy |
Second Party System
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| geographicBaseDemocraticRepublicans |
Southern states
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Western frontier regions → |
| geographicBaseFederalists |
New England
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commercial urban centers → |
| influenced |
development of American two-party system
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patterns of partisan journalism in the United States → |
| keyFigureDemocraticRepublicans |
James Madison
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Thomas Jefferson → |
| keyFigureFederalists |
Alexander Hamilton
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John Adams → |
| mainOpposingParties |
Democratic-Republican Party
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Federalist Party → |
| majorIssue |
federal assumption of state debts
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foreign policy toward Britain and France → national bank → tariff policy → |
| partOf |
political history of the United States
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| peakPeriod |
1796–1815
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| precededBy |
pre-party politics in the United States
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| relatedEvent |
Alien and Sedition Acts
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Election of 1800 → Jay Treaty → Ratification of the United States Constitution → Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions → War of 1812 → Whiskey Rebellion → XYZ Affair → |
| startTime |
1790s
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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First Party System
("First American Party System")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Era of Good Feelings
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follows |
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Early Republic of the United States
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hasPart |
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Presidency of James Madison
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historicalEra |
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Presidency of John Adams
("Federalists vs Democratic-Republicans")
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ideologicalConflict |