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  1. $Title{Parties: Differences Between Early Political Parties}
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  4. Description               Federalists                Democratic-Republicans
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  6. Type of people who        Wealthy:  bankers,         Common people:  farmers,
  7. belonged to the           merchants, large           city workers, small
  8. party                     landowners                 shopkeepers.
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  10. Part of country where     North (New                 South and West
  11. party was popular         England, especially)
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  13. Type of government        Feared too much            Strongly believed in
  14. party favored             democracy; strong          democracy; weak
  15.                           federal or central         federal government,
  16.                           government                 states' rights
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  18. How Constitution          Loose interpretation       Strict interpretation
  19. should be interpreted
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  21. Foreign Matters           Neutrality                 Neutrality
  22.                           Favored England            Favored France
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  24. Party Leaders             Alexander Hamilton         Thomas Jefferson
  25.                           John Adams                 James Madison
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