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The Rise of Political Parties & the XYZ Affair. Presentation created by Robert Martinez Primary Source: America’s History (Henretta, Brody, Dumenil). Images as cited. The appearance of Federalists and Republicans marked a new stage in American politics, the rise of the First Party System.
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The Rise ofPolitical Parties& the XYZ Affair Presentation created by Robert Martinez Primary Source: America’s History (Henretta, Brody, Dumenil). Images as cited.
The appearance of Federalists and Republicans marked a new stage in American politics, the rise of the First Party System. www.encyclopedia.com
Although colonial legislatures had often divided temporarily into factions based on family, ethnicity, or region, they did not form organized political parties. faculty.polytechnic.org
The new state and national constitutions made no provision for political parties. In fact, most Americans thought parties unnecessary and even dangerous to the government.
Following classical republican principles, American leaders maintained that voters and legislators should act independently in the interest of the public as a whole. www.indiana.edu www.loc.gov www.bluffton.edu
Still the conflict in the 1790s over fiscal policies divided America’s legislators, and popular sovereignty, which drew average citizens into politics, fueled the division.
Most merchants, creditors, and urban artisans supported Federalist policies, as did wheat-exporting slaveholders. www.waywelivednc.com
The emerging Republican coalition was more diverse. It included southern tobacco and rice planters, western farmers, Germans and Scots-Irish in the southern backcountry and subsistence farmers in the Northeast. rootsandall.blogspot.com
Party identity crystallized in 1796. To prepare for the presidential election, Federalist and Republican leaders called in the states to discuss policies and nominate candidates. potus-geeks.livejournal.com
Federalist candidates triumphed in the national elections of 1796, winning a majority in Congress and electing John Adams to the presidency. stupidsenators.com mrcapwebpage.com
Adams continued Hamilton’s pro-British foreign policy and reacted sharply to seizures of American merchant ships by the French navy. miniawi.blogspot.com
When the French foreign minister Talleyrand solicited a loan and a bribe from American diplomats to stop the seizures, Adams charged that Talleyrand’s agents, whom he dubbed X,Y, and Z, had insulted America’s honor. Talleyrand apushbible.com
Responding to the XYZ Affair, the Federalist controlled Congress cut off trade with France in 1798 and authorized American privateers to seize French ships. www.ibiblio.org
The party conflict that had begun over Hamilton’s financial policies now extended to foreign affairs. www.fanpop.com ageofsail.devhub.com