History Paper

The policy differences during the first two party system

The origin of the first political parties took place in spite of acute rejection of parties and party struggle virtually all American political leaders. Consistently negative attitude to the separation of the Federalist Party politicians, who were in power from 1789 to 1801 in respect of his opponents, Jefferson-tion of Republicans, they used most often determine the fraction in which the Anglo-American political tradition invested a negative sense (Waldstreicher, 674). Hamilton equated the "factional" activity by splitting the Republicans aimed at the destruction of the Federal Union of Washington prior to his resignation from the presidency in the "Farewell Address" to the nation declared a "spirit of party" unity of the worst enemy of the U.S. The Republicans were represented by them as "foreign agents" and the "French faction".

The policy outlines of the second two party system

The party system is part of the political system of the state. In each country it is characterized by: 1) the number of parties, 2) socio-political and legal conditions of their activity, and 3) the type of electoral system and the number of voters, and 4) special conditions of coalition politics, and 5) the real possibilities of access of parties to power. Political scientists have isolated single-party, two-party and multiparty systems (McCormick, 187). Two-party system is the interaction and rivalry between the two major parties in the process of alternation in power. This tradition was carried over into the United States.

The origin of the two-party system in the U.S., typically defined as the end of the 80-90-th years. 18th century. The origins of the same lie deeper still in the colonial period. The historical background of the folding of two-party system is the following:

The influence of English political foundations for the formation ...