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John Marshall was a federalist who believed in a stronger federal government. As a Chief Justice, John Marshall, helped shape the supreme court by granting it, and the federal government, more power than previously thought. (Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland)
The Federalist Party believed in a strong national (federal) government with powers over the state governments. The Democratic-Republicans believed that states should have more power than the national government. This is known as the States' Rights theory.
The Federalist party grew out of Hamilton's view of a strong federal government.
You are probably thinking about the early battles between the Federalists who believed in a strong federal government and were headed by John Adams and the states' rights group , led by Thomas Jefferson. George Washington sided with Adams for the most part.
In the adoption of the Bill of Rights.
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The one from 1812 through 1814 NEW RESPONDENT The Federalist Party.
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The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and the find. Those which are to remain in the state governments are numerous an indefinite. -apex
In the 1790's Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist Party favored a strong centralized federal government and wanted the individual states to ratify the constitution, even though it meant the states had to give up some of their powers to the federal government.
The federalist party supports federal government involvement and help.
The Anti-Federalist wanted to limit the Federal government strictly to what the powers the Constitution delegated to it.
The Federalist Party was so named because of their support of the Federal Constitution. Some members of the Federalist Party were the authors of the Federalist Papers, a series of pamphlets meant to argue for the ratification of the Constitution.
Hamilton was a Federalist- he believed the power should be concentrated in the federal government, not in the individual states. (Jefferson strongly disagreed.)
Yes. That is why they are called "Federalist". The term refer those who believed in the federal form of government.