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What is a brief definition of a federalist?
The Federalists favored a United States with a strong central government. The Whigs [the other side of the debate] favored strong state governments with a weak central government. The US Constitution was a compromise between these two points of view. The question was finally resolved by the Civil War when Lincoln and those who favored a strong central government defeated the Confederate States [who favored strong states/weak central government]
What leaders favored a strong central government?
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Did the federalists favored a strong national government?
Yes, that is why they are called Federalist. They wanted a strong central government.
What term was used to describe someone who favored a strong central government?
federalist
Which term was used to describe someone who favored a strong central government?
Federalist.
What group believe in a strong central government?
The Federalists believed in a strong federal government.
What was John Adams political affiliation?
He was a Federalist . This party favored a strong central government as opposed to strong states rights.
What plan presented at the constitutional convention that favored a strong central government was?
The Virginia plan
What was Adam's political party called?
He was a Federalist . This party favored a strong central government as opposed to strong states rights.
Federalists favored ratification of the Constitution because they?
Federalists favored the ratification of the Constitution because they believed that a strong central government was needed. The federalists were generally wealthy individuals, that were opposed to anarchy.
Conflicts between federalist and democratic republicans?
Federalists favored a strong central government and Democratic-Republicans faved states retaining authority.
What type of government did the federalists favor?
a strong central government, They were the colonial leaders in the US who wanted a strong central government for the new country. They were opposed by the anti-federalists who wanted to maintain the power of the states, because they felt a strong central government would exert too much control over its citizens' lives.
