Tag: Colonial

  • A History of the Two-Party System: Part 1 (Colonial Era through the Civil War)

    A History of the Two-Party System: Part 1 (Colonial Era through the Civil War)

    Starting with the foundations, the American political system, like its social order and economic structure, began as a New World variation of that in Britain. The United States constituted a republic of sorts, though the representative features of its government remained inherently weak, allowing coequal status to deliberately unrepresentative and unelected branches of government. Almost…