American History Lesson
Do you know what political party Thomas Jefferson and James Madison founded and belonged to? No fair Googling.
Answer provided after someone makes a guess.
Answer provided after someone makes a guess.
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LeopoldBloom · M
They founded the Democrat-Republican party, which favored a weaker federal government, as opposed to the Federalist party of George Washington and John Adams which favored a stronger federal government.
However, no inference should be made from the party's name. It was not a combination of anything resembling the modern Democratic and Republican parties, nor does it "prove" that we have a uniparty system in the U.S. The disputes back then were completely different from the ones today.
However, no inference should be made from the party's name. It was not a combination of anything resembling the modern Democratic and Republican parties, nor does it "prove" that we have a uniparty system in the U.S. The disputes back then were completely different from the ones today.
