Agenda:

1. Take out your Do now, and complete Wednesday’s portion.

2. Grab the worksheet from your bins and write your heading on it.
a. PENN - Karolina
b. OXY - Ryan
c. UCLA - Brandon
d. LMU - Miguel
i. Be ready to start class
The Cabinet Rap
battle
Federalist vs. Democratic-
Republican
 Federalist
1780’s version of Federalist:

● Favored the ratification of the Constitution and a strong central

government.
● Key Federalist that advocated the ratification:
○ John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison (wrote
the Federalist papers).

1790’s version of Federalist:

● Political Party led by Alexander Hamilton

 Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist
● Was born in the West Indies and raised on
the Caribbean island of St. Croix.
● Eventually made his way up to New York.
● Grew up to be a small, slim, handsome
man.
● Was very ambitious and succeeded without
money or family connections to help him.
● Became Washington’s aide-de-camp
(personal assistant) during the
Revolutionary War.
● Married Elizabeth Schuyler, who came
from one of the wealthiest and most
powerful families in New York.
 View of Human Nature Best form of Government
● Shaped by Wartime experiences. Federalist believed:
● The country should be ruled by “the
● These experiences influenced his beliefs
best people”
on human nature. ○ Educated, wealthy, public-spirited
○ “Every man ought to be supposed a knave men like themselves.
(scoundrel), and to have no other end goal ● These people could be trusted to make
in all his actions, but private interests. decisions for the general good, and not
● Most Federalists shared Hamilton’s view just for themselves.
that people were basically selfish and out ● Federalist John Jay bluntly said:
for themselves. ○ “Those who own the country ought
○ Because of this they distrusted any system to govern it.”
of government that gave too much power to ● Favored a strong national government.
“the mob,” or the common people. ● Thought that the rights of the states
○ According to Hamilton, such a system were not as important as national
could only lead to “error, confusion and power and unity.
instability.”
 Ideal Economy
● Expand the agriculture based economy and Relations with Britain and
increase the nation’s wealth by using the
power of the federal government to
France
promote business, manufacturing, and ● Hamilton hoped that the French
trade. Revolution would lead to the
● Hamilton proposed to pay off the debts “establishment of free and good
accrued during the the Revolutionary War government.”
as fast as possible. ● Many Federalist sided with Orderly
○ Hamilton’s plan was opposed by many Britain, mainly because many of their
Americans, especially in the South, as most of the
business depended on Britain.
southerners had already paid off their war debts.
● Hamilton leaned toward Britian because
● Established the Bank of United States
he hoped the United States would
(BUS) with the help of Congress.
become one day: a powerful and
● The BUS would help the government by
respectufl nation that could defend itself
collecting taxes, print paper money, make
against any enemy.
loans to business-people.
 Thomas Jefferson and the Republican Party
● Was born in Virginia to an old and
respected family.
● Was 1 of 10 children, and was very
talented. As a boy he learned how to:
○ Ride, hun, sing, dance, and play the
violin.
● Knew how to speak Greek and Latin by the
time he entered college at 16.
● Became a Virginia tobacco planter with the
land that he inherited from his father, and
used slaves to work his land.
● As a politician, he lacked the ability to
make speeches, but could write well.
 View of Human Nature Best form of Government
● Jefferson’s view of Human Nature was ● Republicans favored:
○ Democracy over any other form of
much more hopeful than Hamilton’s. government.
● Thought that informed citizens could make ○ Strong state governments, as they were
closer to the people, and could be
good decisions for themselves and their controlled by the people easier.
country. ○ Strong state governments could also
keep the national government from
● Had a great faith in the goodness and
growing too powerful.
wisdom of people who worked the soil ● Believed that the best government was
(farmers and planters like himself). small with limited powers.
● Thought that the Constitution meant
○ “State a problem to a ploughman
exactly what it said.
(farmer) and a professor, the former will
● Any additions to the powers listed (like
decide it often better than the latter. the creation of a national bank,was
 Ideal Economy
● Jefferson believed that the future of the nation
lay with the plain, Republican farm folk like
himself, and not with the Federalist bankers Relations with Britain and
and merchants.
○ “Those who labor in the earth, are the
chosen people of God, if ever He had a
chosen people.”
● Republicans favored an economy based on
agriculture, and opposed the national bank
that encouraged the growth and business and
manufacturing.
● Republicans felt that the national bank was
unconstitutional and anti-farmer.
● The bank loaned money to business people
for factories, but not to farmers for land.
France
● Republicans favored the French
in their revolution for freedom.
● Although they regretted the
blood shed, that followed soon
after the revolution began, they
continued to support France.
○ The republicans argued
that a few thousand nobel
heads was a small price to
pay for freedom.
Democratic-Republicans
Were also known as Democrats, Republicans, or Jeffersonians.

● Thomas Jefferson
● James Madison

What Helped Create the Parties

The founding fathers did not foresee the political parties.

● Not mentioned in the Constitution.

● Opposition was led by Thomas Jefferson.
● Eventually two parties emerged, the they were led by Thomas
Jefferson & Alexander Hamilton.
FINISHED?!?
1. Stay productive by…
a. Reading! 70% of AR by Friday.
b. Finishing up notes from yesterday.
c. Working on the Hamilton extra credit assignment.
d. Studying & finishing your study guide which is due tomorrow!