I believe that the Federalist/National Republican/Whig parties are the most beneficial for our nation. They believed in a very strong central government, protecting our freedom, and focusing on infrastructure, and these beliefs helped us make strides in becoming a stable nation. Although they primarily focused on having only the wealthy and elite citizens be in positions of power, many of their politics, such as the National Road, benefited our country in the long run; the Democratic-Republican party claimed to advise the common people, yet led to the opposite through economic crisis, especially when they got rid of our National Bank. The Federalist/National Republican/Whig parties played an essential role in shaping our early nation by fostering …show more content…
The National Bank also helped fund infrastructure projects, facilitating more westward expansion and significant economic growth. Using this National Bank, we could put out a 15-year bond and purchase Louisiana Territory. Under Thomas Jefferson’s rule, they expired the National Bank in 1811, before the bond reached its end, and now they have little funds for the bond and no funds for the military. The Jeffersonian-Republicans expired the National Bank because they believed that it gave the government too much power and that it was taking away the rights of the states. To Thomas Jefferson, this went against his belief in a less involved government and autonomy for the common people and their states. If the Jeffersonian-Republicans maintained the National Bank that the Federalists created, they would not have to create a second National Bank to pay off their 15-year bond (Troubles 1). I believe that if we had not expired the Federalist’s National Bank, we would not have had to create a second bank, and therefore, we would not have gone into the Trade War, the creation of Western Catipillar banks, and the eventual panic of