Today, the United States government is led by two parties, the Democrats and the Republicans. Stereotypically, Democrats are often seen as more liberal and Republicans as more conservative. Our government has always been controlled by two parties, but those parties have changed many times. During the time of our Founding Fathers, the dominant political parties were the Federalists, founded in 1789 by Alexander Hamilton, and the Democratic-Republicans, also known as the Republicans or Jeffersonian Republicans, founded in 1791 by Thomas Jefferson and James. Madison. (http://www.fjc.gov/, The Sedition Act Trials — Historical Background and Documents) Republican beliefs – compared to Federlists – had more liberal views. From the perspective of a 19th century American citizen, I would be a Republican. Since the Constitution was written, there have been countless arguments about its meaning, but only one side is right: the Republicans. The Federalists' ideology regarding the Constitution returned to the government they had just escaped....