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CHOOSE ONE of the political parties to write on: either the Federalists OR theRepublicans. Choose whichever party interests you, or choose a party that you don’t know much about. Once you choose your party, you will assume the role of a member from that party – pretend that you are either a Federalist or Republican from the 1790s.
write a minimum of three paragraphs
discussing the political, economic, and diplomatic views of your
political party . Your political
views will include your perspective on state and national
government (how strong or weak should they be);
your economic views will include your perspective
on economic directions that the nations should take (or not take);
your diplomatic viewswill include your perspective on
France and England (which nation do you support? why?).
- If you are a Federalist, you will explain what
the Alien and Sedition Acts are and give examples
from the Acts that you think are necessary to support your position
(ex: what parts of the Alien Acts are necessary for the survival of
the United States?).
-If you are a Republican, you will explain what
theKentucky Resolutions are and give examples from the
Resolutions that you think are necessary to support your position
(ex: what role should states play when the national government
oversteps its authority?).
Federalist party was the first American political party. It favored national bank, national over state government, manufacturing, and in world affairs it favored Britain and opposed the French Revolution because the American delegation was disrespected in Paris in the XYZ affair and thus public opinion ran strongly against the French. Due which there was an undeclared "Quasi-War" with France from 1798 to 1800. The Federalists called for a resilient national government which promoted economic growth and nurtured friendly affairs with Great Britain. It was committed to a fiscally sound and nationalistic government.
Federalist policies position included a national bank, tariffs and involved assumption of the state debts which were incurred in the course of the American Revolution, forming a national debt and the way to pay it off and setting up a national bank including to create tariffs.
The Alien Act authorized the President to extradite such aliens as he declared to be dangerous while as Sedition Act made it a crime to print false, scandalous and malicious criticisms of the federal government. The former restricted the activities of foreign residents in the country and latter limited freedom of speech and of the press. For the survival of United states, the extradition of aliens who are dangerous is the most necessary part.