Why was federalists an appropriate name for Alexander Hamilton's political party?
because members believed in keeping the federal government weak
because members believed in a strong federal government
because members believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution
because members believed in the express powers of the Constitution
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Federalist Party, early U.S. national political party that advocated a strong central government and held power from 1789 to 1801, during the rise of the country’s political party system. The term federalist was first used in 1787 to describe the supporters of the newly written Constitution, who emphasized the federal character of the proposed union. Between October 1787 and August 1788, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote a series of 85 essays that appeared in various New York newspapers attributed to the pseudonym “Publius.” The Federalist papers (formally The Federalist), as the combined essays are called, were written to combat Anti-Federalism and to persuade the public of the necessity of the Constitution.The Federalist papers stressed the need for an adequate central government and argued that the republican form of government easily could be adapted to the large expanse of territory and widely divergent interests found in the United States. The essays were immediately recognized as the most powerful defense of the new Constitution.
Satire of the Hartford Convention, secret meetings of Federalists that lasted from December 1814 to January 1815 and eventually led to the party's demise.
Satire of the Hartford Convention, secret meetings of Federalists that lasted from December 1814 to January 1815 and eventually led to the party's demise.
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Federalist Party
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DATE
1795 - 1817
RELATED PEOPLE
George Washington
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Daniel Webster
James Buchanan
Roger B. Taney
Oliver Ellsworth
Charles Pinckney
Gouverneur Morris
AREAS OF INVOLVEMENT
Federalism
Parties were generally deplored as inimical to republican government, and Pres. George Washington was able to exercise nonpartisan leadership during the first few years of the new government (begun in 1789). Strong division, however, developed over the fiscal program of the secretary of the treasury, Hamilton, whom Washington supported. Hamilton and other proponents of a strong central government formed the Federalist Party in 1791. Differences with the opposition were intensified by ideological attitudes toward the French Revolution, and by 1795 administration supporters had hardened into a regular party
Answer:
B.because members believed in a strong federal government
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