Should the new America have a strong national government with a centralized authority and commercial economy, or a modest centralized government that should remain on the side of the minority? The minority was rural and agrarian. An issue such as this led Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to the forefront of the Republican Party whole Alexander Hamilton lead the opposing party. The rise of political parties began. Hamilton, despite his own humble and poor beginnings, …showed first 75 words of 504 total…

…showed last 75 words of 504 total…and considered treasonous. Document 7, on the other hand, was stating that by holding the press and stopping them from printing the truth was against the Constitution and what it stood for: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In conclusion, over a long period, the Republican Party, started by Jefferson and Madison, proved victorious as it entered a new era. (The 1800's) The true principles that America was founded on, once again governed the land.