Events leading to the creation of the Republican Party
Different events led to the creation of the Republican Party. ... Later on when Washington retired from office, he devoted most of his September Farewell Address to “a denunciation of partisanship, he invoked the republican ideal of disinterested, independent statesmanship as the only sure and virtuous guide for the nation (Goldfield 251). ... The Federalists in Congress dismissed Republican objections, and voted to vastly expand their army at this time. ... These acts convinced hundreds of Republican voters to flee the country, but even worse was the Sedition Act which made it a federal crime to print anything false against the central government.