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Yes, he was a staunch Federalist. He understood from his career as a military officer that an army needed a strong governing presence for it to stay together and fight effectively. He felt the United States government needed the same type of government if the new country was going to survive. The loose collection of individual states under the Articles of Confederation was not working harmoniously or effectively. He favored a strong federal government as opposed to Thomas Jefferson, who favored a weak one so as to preserve the authority each state had over its own affairs.

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yes, he was because he had the same views as a federalist which is that he believed in a strong central government.

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Yes. George Read, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was a federalist. He held many positions in his career including Chief Justice of Delaware.

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George Read was a federalist. In addition to being a politician, he was also an attorney, and one of the people who signed the Declaration of Independence.

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Yes

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