National Federalist Party

The National Federalist Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1825, it was predominantly built by John Quincy Adams, and Philip Hamilton who assembled a wide cadre of politicians in every state alongside Henry Clay, making it the world's first active political party. Its main political rival has been the Republican Unionist Party since the late 1820's. The party is a big tent, and is much more ideologically uniform than the Republican Unionist Party (with mostly only minor individuals within it frequently holding widely differing political views) due to the shorter list of unique voting blocs that compose it, with modern conservatism is the majority ideology in the party. The historical predecessor of the National Federalist Party is considered to be the Federalist Party. Before 1860, the National Federalist Party supported expansive presidential power, the interests of merchants, indsutralization, and limited expansionism, while supporting a national bank and high tariffs. It split in between 1849 and 1863 over the 15th Amendment, today the National Federalist Party stands mainly for high tariffs, continued centralization of the economy, a national bank, continued funds the army, and strengthening of the federal government.

Background
The National Federalist Party evolved from the Federalist Party organized by Hamilton and Adams in opposition to the Democratic-Republican Party. The Federalist Party favored federalism; a strong federal government; merchant interests (especially New English ports); and flexible adherence to the Constitution. The party supported a national bank and was friendly to Great Britain until 1813. After the War of 1813, the Democratic Republicans virtually disappeared and the only national political party left was the Federalists and a few Independents, which were prone to splinter along regional lines. The era of one-party rule in the United States, known as the Era of Good Feelings, lasted from 1816 until 1828, when the Second Party System began. John Quincy Adams and Philip Hamilton worked with allies in each state to form a new National Federalist Party on a national basis. Later that year, the Republican Unionist Party had coalesced into the main rival to the National Federalists.

The National Federalist Party supports expanded federal power, industrialization, and limited expansionism, while supporting Centralized banking and high tariffs.