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Anti-Federalism
Was a late 18th-century political movement that opposed the creation of a strong U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution. -
The Federalist Party
Was a conservative party that was the first political party in the United States. Under Alexander Hamilton, it dominated the national government from 1789 to 1801. -
The First Party System
A model of american politics used in history and political science to periodize the political party system that existed in the United State between roughly 1792 and 1824. -
Democratic-Republican Party
Was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s that championed republicanism, agrarianism, political equality, and expansionism. -
Jacksonian Democrats
Was a 19th-century political philosophy in the United that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21, and restructured a number of federal institutions. -
Republican Party (The Party of Lincoln)
Is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the mid-1850s, it has been the main political rival of the Democratic party.