Rise Of Political Parties: Federalist Vs. Democratic-Republican Worksheet
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Rise of Political Parties: Federalist vs. Democratic-Republican
The followers of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson grouped together to form the nation’s first
political parties, the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (sometimes referred to as Republicans), which
were discussed in notes taken last week.
Read through the following people and for each person identify the party each person would have joined
or supported. Then in the box under that party, give an explanation as to why they would have supported
that party.
Federalist
Person
Democratic-Republican
An aristocratic South Carolina
plantation owner
A well-to-do
New York merchant
A man building
a homestead for
his family in Kentucky
A man who distills
whiskey on a farm in
western Pennsylvania
A banker in Philadelphia
A Connecticut veteran of the
Revolutionary War, who has not
lost their revolutionary passion
A small merchant in debt to
creditors; had to sell his
Confederation securities for
very little to a speculator.
A prominent
Virginia lawyer
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