Contributions to creation of Parties

During the 1790s, the two main political figures were Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, the secreatary of Treasury and the Secretary of State respectively, and these two men were the greatest factors towards the creation of political parties. While in presidency, the politically weak-minded George Washington created the cabinet system, with Hamilton and Jefferson being the most influential of the pack. Both had radically different ideas, and these arguments spawned the political parties of the times. First of all, to put some labels on people, Hamilton was a Federalist and Jefferson was anti-Federalist. This for the most part means that Hamilton believed in a strong central government and that Jefferson advocated a federal government that complimented the state governments. Secondly, Hamilton believed that the Conbstitution, especially the elastic clause, gives the government the power to do whatever is necessary, whereas Jefferson backed-up a more literal interpretationof the Constitution. This led to one of the two's most heated topic, whether or not the federal government should be able to create a Federal bank. Hamilton argued that a Federal bank is necessary to collect taxes, which the Constitution is given the right to do. On the other hand, Jefferson argued that the Constitution does not specifically supply the privelege ot the government to create a Federal Bank. It was only a little while before Hamilton and Jefferson had forged their own political parties behind their ideals; Hamilton with his Federalists and Jefferson with his Democratic-Republicans. In conclusion, the quarrels of Jefferson and Hamilton were the greatest contributions to the creation of plitical parties within the American governing system.