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A) Plan of the investigation The framers of the constitution envisioned a one-party state in which partisan distinctions would by muted by patriotism and public virtue. When James Madison wrote The Federalist, not only did he fail to anticipate the rise of political parties or factions; he saw them as potentially harmful to the new nation. It is thus ironic that when Madison broke with the Washington administration on questions of fiscal policy, he took the first steps toward organizing the Democratic-Republican Party. The aim of this investigation is to find out why James Madison was considered to be the reason for the formation of political parties. It will cover Madison's reasons for writing The Federalist, what he said at the Constitutional Convention on May 25, 1787, and his and others work on how the Federalist Party was formed. An analysis of these sections will indicate why Madison was the...

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