Group Project: History of Political Parties

Our group, made up of Amanda Empey, Ira Freeman, Jonathan Metzler, Heather, and Avi, have decided to study political parties in the United States, starting with the Federalist Party in 1789. We plan to touch on the political parties that most influenced our current predominate political parties. We have broken up the last 200 years into segments, and each member of our group will explain the main parties of each time, why they were important, and how they have influenced the political spectrum today.
We also plan to touch on some of the current political parties that are active today, but may not get much attention due to our dual-party system. For example, we all expressed interest in learning more about the Green Party, the Independent party, and the Libertarian Party.
This is a timely topic, due to the upcoming elections, but we also thought that it was important to learn more about the history behind political parties so we could learn more about how they may evolve in the future. We also thought that it was important to be exposed to ideas that may not get as much airtime.