Five Events Led to the Decline of Federalists and Rise of Jeffersonian Republicans
George Washington was re-elected almost by acclamation in 1792 but shortly thereafter, his cabinet, and the country, very much against his wishes, began to split into factions, rivalries and rebellions. He feared these bitter differences of opinion would ultimately mean the dissolution of the republic, yet GW strongly allied with his Secretary of the Tr…
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