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Birth of Anti-Federalist
They opposed the ratification of the constitution. -
Birth of Federalist Party
Before they were officially a party, the Federalist helped encourage the ratification of the Constitution in 1788. -
Emergence of Democratic-Republican Party
This party believed in states rights, and that the government should only be able to strictly follow the constitution and nothing outside of it. -
Split of the Democratic-Republicans
This party divided over questions on the power of the federal and state government. -
Start of Jacksonian Democrats
Party derived from supporters of Andrew Jackson and his ideologies. -
Modern Democrats
Started by Martin Van Buren, the Democrats believe in equal opportunity rather than freedom. -
Modern Republicans
The Republican party started by Whigs such as Zachariah. The main belief of the Republican party is freedom over being equal. -
The Party of Lincoln Is Created( Republicans)
Abraham Lincoln created a party that believed that the government's job was to do what a community of people could not do for themselves. -
Birth of Roosevelt Democrats
The Roosevelt Democrats were started to get the US out of the Great Depression.