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The First Party System is a model of American politics used in history and political science to periodize the political party system existing in the United States -
Federalist
The Federalist party mostly created by Alexander Hamilton as he liked the British way of government. He looked to expand the Federal government as he tried to give it more power like when he created the national bank. The Federalist controlled the government until 1800. -
Democratic-Republican
In the election of 1800 which brought Thomas Jefferson as president, also brought the Democratic-Republican party into the government. The Democratic-Republican party were for small government and for France especially during the the French Revolution. -
Federalist End
As the Democratic-Republican party started to dominate the government and fire federalist in government jobs the federalist party started to disappear until they were finally no longer in government and no longer a group.