Unit 5 notes: political parties & elections early political parties  informal part of government  1st political parties = unofficial  federalists v. anti-federalists size & scope of federal power state v. central govt. official political parties  washington – no party farewell address – warned against parties  1st official parties – result of jefferson & hamilton democratic-republicans v. federalists  d/r = former anti-federalists opposition to hamilton strict constructionists strict interpretation of constitution states’ rights republicanism agrarian, isolationist evolution of parties  federalist evolves into whig party congressional supremacy