Political Parties - A Tale of Two Parties | 1

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In the earliest days of the United States, there was no such thing as an organized political party. George Washington, elected twice to the presidency unanimously in the Electoral College, warned the new nation against political factions, writing that organized parties would become, “potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men subvert the power of the people.”

But immediately after Washington vacated the Presidency, factions did spring up and bitter personal rivalries began to shape the nation. The two first political parties–the Federalists and the Republicans–had very different views of what America should become, and were led by very different men: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:09.0	Imagine it's July 4th, 1795.
0:21.9	You're a candle maker in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
0:26.0	You've heard this year that the Republicans planned to hold their own Fourth of July event,
0:29.9	complete with a parade, but their celebration is taking place on the other side of town.
0:35.7	You've just finished listening to a speech by one of the Federalist men.
0:39.7	He railed against the violent revolution going on in France and the Americans, like Thomas Jefferson, who tacitly supported.
0:45.7	Young Charles Sips' ale shakes his head and charges him to the end of the day.
0:50.7	He's been a part of the world's most famous public and public and public.
0:54.7	He's been a part of the world's most famous public and public and public.
0:58.7	He's been a part of the world's most famous public and public and public.
1:02.7	Young Charles Sips' ale shakes his head and chuckles.
1:06.7	He doesn't care much for old Tom Jefferson, does he?
1:09.7	Not at all. He's a Hamilton man through and through.
1:13.7	He thinks Jefferson and his Republicans are just a lot of agitators who believe in mob rule.
1:18.7	I'm not sure he's wrong about that.
1:20.7	Your apprentice gives you a look of surprise.
1:22.7	You agree with the Federalist?
1:24.7	My uncle said he used to, but now he thinks he'd become an tyrant.
1:28.7	He says they're trampling the rights of the common man.
1:31.7	Well, that's just nonsense.
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