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Alexander Hamilton: The Rise And Fall Of The Federalist Party

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By the dawn of 1816, the Federalist party was fatally and irrecoverably discredited, I will be keenly and efficiently tracing the history of the federalist party in a chronology order. In Addition, I will be recounting the concatenation of unpropitious events which lead to the federalist party decline and its disappearance by 1816.
In 1791 instituted by Alexander Hamilton the federalist party emerged into the political sphere and became the Party in opposition to the Democratic-Republican Party which was steered by Thomas Jefferson, in America during President George Washington’s first administration. Encapsulated within The Federalist Party was a polyglot of ideas, Upon the formation of the party, Alexander Hamilton’s objective was to agglomerate support for his fiscal policies as Secretary of the Treasury under George Washington. The necessity for a strong national government and a concord among diplomatic and commercial relations were strong affirmations of the federalist subsequent to the signing of the 1794 Jay Treaty, which sought to dissolve outstanding issues between America and Britain since America acquired its independence.
The Genesis of the federalist party is referred to as one of the first two political parties in the United States, and correspondingly the world. The Federalist party thrived within the …show more content…

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