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A political party is a group of people who seek to win elections and hold public office in order to shape government policy and programs. George Washington warned America’s people of the dangers of these separate parties in “The Farewell Address” an except is shown in Document 4. Washington opposed political parties because “ ‘It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one party against another; foments[stirs up]…riot …

…Republican view by showing his disapproval of the Sedition Act. Two different views lead further into conflict, sharply dividing Americans even more. Tensions continued to grow throughout the 1790’s. Washington’s “The Farewell Address” was a clearly a foreshadowing of what was to come in the future. Although, (expressed by Washington) political parties did eventually create extreme tensions among Americans…they have today, become a way of expressing our own beliefs pertaining to political society.