
	Where results make sense

Topic: Federalist Party (United States)

Related Topics

Federalist Party

List of political parties in the United States

Fifth United States Congress

Thirteenth United States Congress

Federalist Papers

Fourth United States Congress

Eleventh United States Congress

Fourteenth United States Congress

Twelfth United States Congress

American Political Parties

Fusion Party

President of the United States

Libertarian Party (United States)

First United States Congress

Daniel Webster

In the News (Sun 8 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Federalist Party - LoveToKnow 1911
		FEDERALIST PARTY, in American politics, the party that organized the national government of the United States under the constitution of 1787.
		The Federalist Party, which may be regarded as definitely organized practically from 1791, was led, leaving Washington aside, by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams.
		The Federalists were charged by the Republicans with being aristocrats and monarchists, and it is certain that their leaders 1 Even the Democratic party has generally been liberal; although less so in theory (hardly less so in practice) than its opponents.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Federalist_Party (466 words)

	Federalist Party (United States) Summary
		The Federalists were unable to capitalize on this opportunity, however, and, with the fiasco of the Hartford Convention the party was disgraced and dissolved nearly everywhere.
		Federalists were relieved that the new government proved capable of overcoming rebellion, while Republicans, with Gallatin their new hero, argued there never was a real rebellion and the whole episode was manufactured in order to accustom Americans to a standing army.
		The Federalists were generally not equal to the tasks of party organization, and grew steadily weaker as the fortunes of the so-called Virginia Dynasty grew.
	www.bookrags.com /Federalist_Party_(United_States) (0 words)

	Political Parties in the United States - MSN Encarta
		The framers of the United States Constitution made no provision in the governmental structure for the functioning of political parties because they believed that parties were a source of corruption and an impediment to the freedom of people to judge issues on their merits.
		Federalists favored an active federal government, a Treasury Department that played a vital role in the nation’s economic life, and a pro-British foreign policy.
		The structure of government itself in the United States was conducive to the formation of political parties.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558305/Political_Parties_in_the_United_States.html (729 words)

	Federalist Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was opposed by the Democratic-Republican Party, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
		A member of the official Federalist Party was essentially a conservative in the traditional sense, that is, a supporter of the party of government, as the Federalists originally controlled all three branches.
		The Federalists were generally not equal to the tasks of party organisation, and grew steadily weaker as the fortunes of the so-called Virginia Dynasty grew.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Federalist_Party (4683 words)

	Federalist Party
		The original "Federalists" were supporters of the ratification of the Constitution in the years between 1787 and 1790.
		It federalist party Â· federalist Â· american commerce Federalist Party The Federalist Party, along with the Democratic-Republican Party, was one of the first two political parties in the United States, and hence in the world.
		It Federalist Party The Federalist Party, along with the Democratic-Republican Party, was one of the first two political parties in the United States, and hence in the world.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h445.html (556 words)

	FEDERALIST PARTY - LoveToKnow Article on FEDERALIST PARTY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Federalist Party, which may be regarded as definitely organized practically from 1791, was led, leaving Washington aside, by Alexander Hamilton (q.v.) and John Adams.
		A nationalization of the new central government to the full extent warranted by a broad construction of the powers granted to it by the constitution, and a correspondingly strict construction of the powers reserved to the states and the citizens, were the basic principles of Hamiltons policy.
		The Federalists were charged by the Republicans with being aristocrats and monarchists, and it is certain.
	74.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FE/FEDERALIST_PARTY.htm (1042 words)

	United States Federalist Party - Wikinfo
		The primary opposition to the Federalist Party was the Democratic-Republican Party, otherwise known as the "Anti-Federalists".
		The Federalist party was destroyed by the War of 1812.
		The Federalist Party opposed the War of 1812 and decided to exercise their state rights not to be involved in the war under the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=United_States_Federalist_Party (0 words)

	Federalist party. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Party politics had not yet crystallized when John Adams was elected President, but the choice of Adams was, nevertheless, a modest Federalist victory.
		The Federalists were conservatives; they favored a strong centralized government, encouragement of industries, attention to the needs of the great merchants and landowners, and establishment of a well-ordered society.
		The Federalists, however, failed to enlist De Witt Clinton and his followers in New York in their cause, and their challenge in the elections of 1808 was easily overridden by the Jeffersonians.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fe/FedistP.html (829 words)

	Bambooweb: United States Federalist Party
		The Federalists continued to be a major political party (again, not in the modern sense) in New England and the Northeast, but never regained control of the Presidency or the Congress (Adams had successfully packed the U.S. Supreme Court with Federalist appointees before leaving office).
		The Federalists were generally not equal to the tasks of party organisation, and grew steadily weaker as the fortunes of the so-called Virginia Dynasty grew.
		For economic reasons, the Federalists tended to be pro-British – the United States' did more trade with Great Britain than with anywhere else – and vociferously opposed Jefferson's ill-advised Embargo Act of 1807 and the seemingly deliberate provocation of war with the United Kingdom by the Madison Administration.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/u/n/United_States_Federalist_Party.html (842 words)

	Federalist Opposition
		The Federalist antiwar clergy stressed that the war was an outward expression of God's displeasure and a corrupting influence on the citizenry that made them less virtuous and posed a serious danger to the constitutional balance of the republic.
		Federalist war opposition was grounded in a reverence for the Constitution and an adherence to traditional Republican values.
		It was the dark legacy of the Hartford Convention not only to taint ineradicably the Federalist Party with disloyalty and irrelevance, from which it died in 1820, but also to provide precedent and philosophy for future acts of defiance toward policies of the national government.
	www.earlyamerica.com /review/winter2000/federalist.html (3809 words)

	[No title]
		It was the party of conservative, established politicians, such as Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and General Otho H. Williams and James McHenry, who served President Washington and his administration.
		Party leaders articulated agendas for state and federal government and organized candidate lists at the county level for state and federal offices.
		Maryland Federalists went along with the elimination of the property qualification for voting in the state when Republicans, fresh from decisive victories in 1800 and again in 1801, championed the change in state law.
	www.mdoe.org /federalist_party.html (1475 words)

	[Federalist Party (United States)] \| [All the best Federalist Party (United States) resources at ...
		Federalist Party (United States) The rise of the Federalist Party The rise of the Federalist Party A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1792.
		Federalists were relieved that the new government proved capable of overcoming rebellion, while Republicans, with Gallatin their new hero, argued there never was a real rebellion and the whole episode was manipulated in order to accustom Americans to a standing army.
		The name "Federalist" came increasingly to be used in political rhetoric as a term of abuse, and was denied by the Whigs, who pointed out that their leader Henry Clay was the Democratic-Republican party leader in Congress during the 1810s.
	karaoke.velocityincome.com /Federalist_Party_(United_States) (5926 words)

	The United States and the International Criminal Court
		Parties to the Statute are subject to these subsequently-added crimes only if they affirmatively accept them, but the Statute purports automatically to bind non-parties, such as the United States, to any such new crimes.
		Requiring the United States to be bound by this treaty, with its unaccountable Prosecutor and its unchecked judicial power, is clearly inconsistent with American standards of constitutionalism.
		The United States did not agree to be bound, and must not be held to its terms.
	www.state.gov /t/us/rm/15158.htm (3583 words)

	Federalist Opposition
		The Federalist antiwar clergy stressed that the war was an outward expression of God’s displeasure and a corrupting influence on the citizenry that made them less virtuous and posed a serious danger to the constitutional balance of the republic.
		Federalist war opposition was grounded in a reverence for the Constitution and an adherence to traditional Republican values.
		It was the dark legacy of the Hartford Convention not only to taint ineradicably the Federalist Party with disloyalty and irrelevance, from which it died in 1820, but also to provide precedent and philosophy for future acts of defiance toward policies of the national government.
	earlyamerica.com /review/winter2000/federalist.html (3810 words)

	History (from Democratic Party) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Federalists called Jefferson's faction the Democratic-Republican Party in an attempt to identify it with the disorder spawned by the “radical democrats”; of the French Revolution of 1789.
		After the Federalist John Adams was elected president in 1796, the Republican Party served as the country's first opposition party, and in 1798 the Republicans adopted the derisive Democratic-Republican label as their official name.
		The party's congressional caucus nominated William H. Crawford of Georgia, but Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, the leaders of the party's two largest factions, also sought the presidency; Henry Clay, the speaker of the House of Representatives, was nominated by the Kentucky and Tennessee legislatures.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-233981?hook=797879 (2512 words)

	SparkNotes: The Federalist Papers (1787-1789): Important Terms, People and Events
		Federalists were typically members of the cultured and propertied classes, and included Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
		The Federalist perspective was codified in the form of 85 essays that appeared in New York newspapers between 1787 and 1788, and later published as The Federalist.
		After the formal dedication of war, Jay was a devoted statesman and foreign ambassador, serving in New York State as Chief Justice, as delegate to the Confederation Congress, as one of the negotiators for the Treaty of Paris, and as ambassador to Spain.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/american/federalist/terms.html (1154 words)

	Democratic-Republican Party - dKosopedia
		The Democratic-Republican party was the first United States political party, which emerged early in the history of the United States and later evolved into the modern Democratic Party.
		In addition, some refer to the party as the Jeffersonian Republicans since Thomas Jefferson belonged to the party and had a major influence on its ideology; it is also referred to as simply the Republican Party, not to be confused with the modern Republican Party.
		Additionally, this party should not be confused with Jeffersonian democracy, a term used to indicate the period when the government was run by aristocratic learned men, as opposed to the period of Jacksonian democracy where the common man ran the government.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Democratic-Republican_Party (354 words)

	The New Federalist Party
		Though incorporating many of the views from both the Republicans and Democrats, the New Federalists are their own party fixed around a strong central government that holds the voice of the people close at heart.
		Begun as a small progressive movement in the Eastern United States, it is now gaining significant ground throughout the country, with the number of members growing exponentially.
		The New Federalist Party advocates the use of the death penalty in capital crimes.
	www.geocities.com /new_federalists (319 words)

	[No title]
		Antifederalists favored relatively autonomous states, and opposed ratification of the Constitution of the United States in 1787-1788.
		In addition, Adams appointed his secretary of state, John Marshall, a Federalist from Virginia, to be chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
		The Federalist Papers were quite clear about the proper role of the judiciary, because the method by which the Constitution of the United States was to be interpreted was one of the most pressing obstacles to its ratification.
	www.lycos.com /info/federalists--united-states.html?page=3 (383 words)

	Rufus King - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He represented New York in the United States Senate, served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and was a candidate for both Vice President and President of the United States.
		He was the Federalist Party candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1804 and 1808 and for President of the United States in 1816.
		Thus, in 1800, the Federalist party fielded two presidential candidates, Pinckney and John Adams, with the intention that Adams be elected President and Pinckney be elected Vice President.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Rufus_King (782 words)

	Federalist Party
		he Federalist Party was born out of the controversy over adoption of the proposed Federal Constitution in 1787-1788, before the American party system itself had been conceived.
		In the meantime, the refusal of the Federalists to form an alliance with France had fused the Democrats and the Republicans, the two opposition groups to which most of the Anti-federalists belonged.
		The most influential of the Federalists besides Hamilton were John Adams and John Jay, and Fisher Ames, Roger Sherman, Jonathan Trumbull, Rufus King, John Marshall, and the members of the "Essex Junto".
	www.course-notes.org /parties/federalist.htm (751 words)

	U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Legislative Process > Senate Legislative Process
		Further, because each Senator has an equal vote regardless of his or her state's population, the Senate remains a oddly apportioned institution: Senators from the twenty-six smallest states, who (according to the 2000 census) represent 17.8% of the nation's population, constitute a majority of the Senate—a reality which has aroused little public interest or concern.
		A byproduct of the Progressive movement, it was designed to end corruption in state legislatures (involving the purchase of Senate seats), blunt the power of party machine bosses and corporations, prevent deadlocks in the election of Senators, and make Senators directly answerable to the people for their actions and decisions.
		Although the general scholarly consensus is that certain Senators began to function formally as party leaders in the early 1900s, the minutes of the respective party caucuses indicate that Democrats officially elected their "leader" in 1920; Republicans followed suit five years later.
	www.senate.gov /legislative/common/briefing/Senate_legislative_process.htm (0 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)