Federalists Dbq

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Colonists that were supporters of the Constitution were called Federalists, because they wanted to establish a central government. They wanted to create a strong government because they believed that it was going to solve most of the problems that all the colonies were facing such as being in debt. With the constitution, the government will have the power to lay and collect tax, which will get the country out of debt. There were people like the anti federalists that doubted and thought the Constitution was going to create a tyranny government. To defend the constitution, the federalist leaders series of 85 essays and were published on the New York newspaper between 1787 and 1788. On these essays, the leaders presented explanation of the constitution’s