I.

Prompt: Understand how the conflicts between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander
Hamilton resulted in the emergence of two political parties (e.g. view of foreign
policy, Alien and Sedition Acts, economic policy, National Bank, funding and
assumption of the revolutionary debt).

II. Introduction​:
A. Nicky:​ ​Hello, and today we will be talking about how the conflicts between
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton resulted in the emergence of two
political parties. These conflicts can be seen in their differing views of foreign
policy, the Alien and Sedition acts, their economic policies, their views on
National Bank, and of course the funding and assumption of the revolutionary
debt.
III. Background on who Alexander Hamilton was:
A. Shira: Alexander Hamilton was a federalist. He believed that the right government
was a strong federal one. He wanted his government to support industry and trade.
He also wanted the federal government to pay most of the Revolutionary War
Debt because he thought that would help the national economy. He was
pro-British (I’ll go into more detail about that later in the video), and he wanted to
start a national government.
IV. Background on who Thomas Jefferson was:
A. Nicky: Unlike Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson was a Democratic
Republican, and wanted to limit the federal government’s power. He opposed a
national bank, he wanted the US to back the new government in France.
V. Their Differing Views of:
A. Foreign Policy
1. Shira: Like I mentioned Hamilton was Pro-British meaning he hoped to
strengthen trading ties with Britain after the Revolutionary War. He did
this because he believed that their way of government was better.
However, Jefferson had very differing views about Foreign Policy. He
wanted the United States to back the new government in France because
France had helped the United States during the Revolutionary War. Where
Hamilton saw England as an example, Jefferson, who had been minister to
France in the early stages of the French Revolution, looked to the
overthrow of the French monarchy as vindication of the liberal ideals of
the Enlightenment. Against Hamilton's instinctive conservatism, he
projected an eloquent democratic radicalism.
B. Economic Policy
1. Shira: As well as differing views of foreign policy, they also had differing
views of economic policy. Hamilton wanted a strong federal government
 that supported industry and trade. The Federalists in the main represented
the interests of trade and manufacturing, which they saw as forces of
progress in the world. They believed these could be advanced only by a
strong central government capable of establishing sound public credit and
a stable currency. Openly distrustful of the latent radicalism of the masses,
they could nonetheless credibly appeal to workers and artisans. Whether
As, Jefferson wanted a limited government, therefore he supported power
of state governments. He also supported agriculture. The Republicans, led
by Thomas Jefferson, spoke primarily for agricultural interests and values.
They distrusted bankers, cared little for commerce and manufacturing, and
believed that freedom and democracy flourished best in a rural society
composed of self-sufficient farmers.

C. Alien and Sedition Acts

1. Nicky: In the summer of 1798 Federalists in Congress passed the Alien
and Sedition Acts. The Alien Act allowed the president to remove foreign
residents he thought were involved in plots against the government. The
Sedition Act said U.S. citizens could not write, print, utter, or publish any
false or hostile words against the government. Hamilton agreed with Alien
and Sedition Acts, and of course Jefferson was against Alien and Sedition
Acts, and said that they were unconstitutional.

D. National Bank
1. Shira: Hamilton wanted to start a national bank, but Jefferson opposed
starting a national bank because he believed that it would give too much
power to the government, and that was something he strictly wanted to
limit.
E. Funding and Assumption of the Revolutionary Debt:
1. Nicky: Hamilton wanted the federal government to pay most of the
Revolutionary War debt. Jefferson did not want federal government to pay
most of the Revolutionary War debt.
F. Two Party System
1. Nicky: Because of these reasons the two political parties emerged. The
Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the Republicans, also known
as the Democratic-Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson, were the first
political parties in the Western world. Unlike loose political groupings in
the British House of Commons or in the American colonies before the
Revolution, both had reasonably consistent and principled platforms,
relatively stable popular followings, and continuing organizations. The
 Federalist Party was a political party created in the 1790s and was
influenced by Alexander Hamilton that wanted to strengthen the federal
government and promote industry and trade. And, the
Democratic-Republican Party was a political party founded in the 1790s
by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other leaders who wanted to
preserve the power of the state governments and promote agriculture. It is
important to remember that Hamilton's great aim was more efficient
organization, whereas Jefferson once said, "I am not a friend to a very
energetic government." Hamilton feared anarchy and thought in terms of
order; Jefferson feared tyranny and thought in terms of freedom.
VI. Conclusion​:
A. Both: Thanks For watching! We hope you learned and understood more about
how the conflicts between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson led to the
emergence of the two political parties we use today. We can see this from the way
they viewed foreign policy, how Alexander Hamilton was pro-british, and wanted
to strengthen british tides, and how Thomas Jefferson was pro-french, and wanted
to take after the government in France. We can also see their conflicts between
their economic policy and how Alexander Hamilton wanted a strong federal
government, and Thomas Jefferson just supported the local state government
because he wanted to limit government power. And, lastly we can see how
through their differing views of the Alien and Sedition acts, national banks and
the funding and assumption of the revolutionary war debt these two political
parties, Democratic Republicans and the Federalists emerged.