The creation of the Federalist Party, that favored business, a strong government and a lax interpretation of the Constitution, and the Democratic-Republican Party, that wanted a society based on small farms and a weaker core government; changed the nature of politics in the US as they proposed a dichotomy when voting, since the Constitution had been silent about political parties.
Although there definitely existed "robber barons" who took advantage of a delicate and changing situation, most of these men were mostly well-meaning people who wanted to capitalize on an opportunity, and whose actions increased the welfare of many Americans.
The ancient Roman republic had three branches of government. In the beginning, the legislative branch was the Senate, a group made up of 300 citizens from Rome's patrician class, the oldest and wealthiest families of Rome. It was the patricians, tired of obeying the king, who revolted and threw out Tarquinius Superbus.
