<P> The most heated rhetoric came in debates over the French Revolution, especially the Jacobin Terror of 1793--94 when the guillotine was used daily . Nationalism was a high priority, and the editors fostered an intellectual nationalism typified by the Federalist effort to stimulate a national literary culture through their clubs and publications in New York and Philadelphia, and through Federalist Noah Webster's efforts to simplify and Americanize the language . </P> <P> Historians have used statistical techniques to estimate the party breakdown in Congress . Many Congressmen were hard to classify in the first few years, but after 1796 there was less uncertainty . The first parties were anti-federalist and federalist . </P> <Table> Federalist and Democratic - Republican strength in Congress by election year <Tr> <Th> House </Th> <Th> 1788 </Th> <Th> 1790 </Th> <Th> 1792 </Th> <Th> 1794 </Th> <Th> 1796 </Th> <Th> 1798 </Th> <Th> 1800 </Th> <Th> 1802 </Th> <Th> 1804 </Th> <Th> 1806 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Federalist </Th> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td> 47 </Td> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> 60 </Td> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Democratic - Republican </Th> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> 54 </Td> <Td> 59 </Td> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> 46 </Td> <Td> 65 </Td> <Td> 103 </Td> <Td> 116 </Td> <Td> 118 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Democratic - Republican </Th> <Td> 43% </Td> <Td> 43% </Td> <Td> 51% </Td> <Td> 56% </Td> <Td> 46% </Td> <Td> 43% </Td> <Td> 63% </Td> <Td> 73% </Td> <Td> 82% </Td> <Td> 83% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Senate </Th> <Th> 1788 </Th> <Th> 1790 </Th> <Th> 1792 </Th> <Th> 1794 </Th> <Th> 1796 </Th> <Th> 1798 </Th> <Th> 1800 </Th> <Th> 1802 </Th> <Th> 1804 </Th> <Th> 1806 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Federalist </Th> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Democratic - Republican </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Democratic - Republican </Th> <Td> 31% </Td> <Td> 45% </Td> <Td> 47% </Td> <Td> 34% </Td> <Td> 31% </Td> <Td> 31% </Td> <Td> 53% </Td> <Td> 74% </Td> <Td> 71% </Td> <Td> 82% </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> House </Th> <Th> 1788 </Th> <Th> 1790 </Th> <Th> 1792 </Th> <Th> 1794 </Th> <Th> 1796 </Th> <Th> 1798 </Th> <Th> 1800 </Th> <Th> 1802 </Th> <Th> 1804 </Th> <Th> 1806 </Th> </Tr>

Describe the growth of the first party system in the united states