USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Most Federalists believed that the Constitution offered a good balance of power between various political views. Many Federalists were wealthy planters, farmers, and lawyers. However, others were workers and craftspeople.

Detailed explanation-2: -The supporters of the proposed Constitution called themselves “Federalists.” Their adopted name implied a commitment to a loose, decentralized system of government.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Congregationalists of New England and the Episcopalians in the larger cities supported the Federalists while other minority denominations tended toward the Republican camp. Catholics in Maryland were generally Federalists. The state networks of both parties began to operate in 1794 or 1795.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties, given the absence of a bill of rights.

Detailed explanation-5: -1. or Federalist : a supporter of federal government. especially US : a supporter of the U.S. Constitution. 2. Federalist US : a member of a major political party in the early years of the U.S. that wanted a strong central government.