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Compare And Contrast The Two Party System

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The two party system was made up of two groups the Federalist and Democratic-Republicans. The idea behind having to different parties was to have two groups that may not like each other but would still work hard for the peoples they represent. There was federalist that believed in strong government, the government would be involved in every part of the citizen's lives. The Republicans believed the government was there to create and enforce the laws that were put into place but not to be involved in the day to day lives of the common man. The federalist wanted more of a looser constitution, so instead of laws being ironclad they would be more like guidelines. The Republicans believed the constitution should be set in stone and if a law was broken,

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