Federalists vs. Republicans

Today in class (8/28/15), we learned about the Federalists and the Republicans. 

• Federalist vision = Strong central government, urban, commercial, strongly involved in foreign affairs (IN FAVOR OF THE GOVERNMENT) -Alexander Hamilton
• Republican vision = Weaker central government, rural and agrarian in nature (GOVERNMENT GET OUT OF THE WAY) -Thomas Jefferson 
• Federalist and the Republicans → Groups formed after the Declaration of Independence