Napoleon Bonaparte.
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]
Yes, that is why they are called Federalist. They wanted a strong central government.
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Federalist.
The Federalists believed in a strong federal government.
He was a Federalist . This party favored a strong central government as opposed to strong states rights.
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He was a Federalist . This party favored a strong central government as opposed to strong states rights.
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.
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.
Federalists favored a strong central government and Democratic-Republicans faved states retaining authority.