Title: Federalists: American History for kids ***
Headings: The Federalists
The Federalists
Content: Washington was, however, sympathetic to the political beliefs of the group of men called the Federalists. US Political Parties
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Definition of the Federalists
Definition: The Federalists were the first American political party and formed by Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of the Treasury, John Adams and Gouverneur Morris. The Federalists believed in the ideas of nationalism and industrialization. What did the Federalists believe? Federalists v Anti-Federalists
All the leading statesmen and politicians wanted to give new Constitution a fair trial and they supported George Washington as an impartial, independent President. But the politicians had wildly different ideas about the government of the new nation. The Federalists believed that the new central government, and the wealthy, well-educated classes, should be given the greatest possible amount of power in the government. The Anti-Federalists, who would emerge as the Democratic-Republican Party led by Thomas Jefferson, believed that the vast majority of ordinary, less educated people, had the common sense and the skills required to run the new government. What did the Federalists believe?