The Republican Party was officially founded March 20, 1854. The Founders were republican but it was not an official party at that time. The two primary political parties were the Hamilton's Federalists and Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party which was a different entity than the party formed in 1854.Newsbleat just can't help but propagandize.
The Republican Party DID exist in those times. Ever heard the term "Jeffersonian Republican"? Of course you have. It's just that during the "Era of Good Feelings" (which was AFTER the period Newsbleat speaks of) political parties disappeared until Andrew Jackson, racist, slaver and genocidal dirtbag established what is todays' dimocrap scum party.
Publications and writers who don't know basic History can't be trusted to get anything else right.
Nice try, though
Newsweek got it exactly right.