MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW US GOVERNMENT
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Federalists
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Anti-Federalists
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Northern states
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Smaller states
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Federalist Party became popular with businessmen and New Englanders as Republicans were mostly farmers who opposed a strong central government. Cities were usually Federalist strongholds whereas frontier regions were heavily Republican.
Detailed explanation-2: -Influential public leaders who accepted the Federalist label included John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Rufus King, John Marshall, Timothy Pickering and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
Detailed explanation-3: -A compilation of these articles written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay (under the pseudonym Publius), were published as The Federalist in 1788. Through these papers and other writings, the Federalists successfully articulated their position in favor of adoption of the Constitution.