DBQ Federalist vs Antifederalist
It can be argued that the Federalists were the first political party in the United States. Their goal was simple; to unite the states and form a strong central government. There were various attempts at uniting the states, the first of which was the Articles of Confederation. These articles were not effective due to the fact that they did not have the power to tax the States or the power to enforce a uniform commercial policy. This caused the government to basically go bankrupt, and when this occurred, it was evident that the Federalists had failed in their plan of union. Their next attempt, the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, was successful in uniting the States, but still lacked the necessary acceptance of the people. Due to the failure of the Articles, the people did not trust the Federalists who created them, and in effect, would not allow those same men to gain supreme power of the country by creating a strong central government. The Federalists were not successful in handling the problems that faced this newly created nation because they lacked the power of a strong central government. The people of the United States were not satisfied with the way that the government was handling matters wh
Although the Federalist government was not efficient in handling most problems facing the nation, there were some areas in which they succeeded in fixing certain problems, which in turn helped the nation as a whole. One major problem of this time was based on the power of the State governments versus the power of the Federal government. One aspect of this situation was the problem of who has power in court trials. The way that they resolved this was with the Judiciary Act of 1789 (Document B) which made it so that all crimes which infringed on federal laws, would be heard in district courts, which were placed in each state, and all crimes which were not related to federal law, but rather to state law, would be held in the states courts. This was one Federalist act in which the nation did in fact benefit in the long run. The people of the United States believed that the Federalist government was not successful in handling the problems which it faced, and in turn the next government voted in was Republican. The reason behind this is that with different methods behind their actions, the Republicans were bound to accomplish more then the Federalists did. While the Republicans were in power, there were many leaps and bounds that this nation went though, and most of them were for the better. It is clear that this government is more successful then it was under Federalist rule because for the thirty years after the Federalists lost their political power, the nation prospered m
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Approximate Word count = 999
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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