Lesson Purpose
The new nation faced a number of problems. Differing ideas about how these problems should be resolved led to the rise of political parties. In this lesson, you will learn what political parties are and how they began in American politics.
Lesson Objectives
When you finish this lesson, you should be able to describe the two original political parties, their leaders, and the issues that divided them.
Lesson Terms
Alien and Sedition Acts
Laws passed during President John Adams' administration that made it a crime for editors, writers, or speakers to criticize the government and its Federalist policies.
currency
political party
Republican Party
