Western Governors University C121: Survey of United States History Task 2

A. Explain (suggested length of 23 paragraphs) the reasons for the rise of partisan politics in the Early Republic (i.e., major conflicts and concerns, development of the First Party System).

After the American Revolution, in which the new world colonies won their independence from England, they had some difficulty with becoming an official, independent country. When the Constitution was first formed, there were many colonists that agreed with it, called the Federalists, but there were some that opposed it, known as the Anti-Federalists. The Anti-Federalists believed that the federal government was given too much power, and they were horrified at that it contained no bill of rights. The Federalists...