Federalists

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political faction political group in the United States

The Federalists were early American political leaders and thinkers who advocated for a strong centralized federal government and supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Federalist Party	51
Federalist	9
New England Federalists	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political faction ⓘ political group in the United States ⓘ
activeInPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
advocatedFor	bicameral legislature ⓘ checks and balances ⓘ independent judiciary ⓘ indirect election of some offices ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
associatedWith	Federalists self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Federalist Party The Federalist Papers ⓘ
baseOfSupport	Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ New England ⓘ commercial interests ⓘ urban merchants ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
declineBegan	after the War of 1812 ⓘ
foreignPolicyStance	pro-British in foreign affairs ⓘ
historicalEra	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: Founding Era of the United States
ideology	support for federal supremacy over states ⓘ support for loose construction of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ support for strong central government ⓘ
influenced	interpretation of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ structure of the U.S. federal government ⓘ
keyText	Federalist No. 10 ⓘ surface form: The Federalist No. 10 Federalist No. 51 ⓘ surface form: The Federalist No. 51 Federalist No. 78 ⓘ surface form: The Federalist No. 78
largelyDefunctBy	1820s ⓘ
notableLeader	Alexander Hamilton ⓘ George Washington ⓘ James Madison ⓘ John Adams ⓘ John Jay ⓘ
opposedBy	Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
opposedGroup	Anti-Federalists ⓘ
prominentMember	Fisher Ames ⓘ Gouverneur Morris ⓘ John Marshall ⓘ
regionallyStrongIn	New England ⓘ surface form: New England states
soughtToAddress	weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
supportedDocument	United States Constitution ⓘ
supportedPolicy	assumption of state debts by federal government ⓘ national bank ⓘ protective tariffs ⓘ standing national army ⓘ strong national executive ⓘ
supportedProcess	ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
viewedHumanNatureAs	inclined to faction and self-interest ⓘ

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adams and Liberty (American patriotic song) → associatedWith → Federalists ⓘ

subject surface form: Adams and Liberty

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Alexander Hamilton's Second Report on the Public Credit → associatedWith → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Federalists → associatedWith → Federalists self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Third Report on the Public Credit → associatedWith → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Alien and Sedition Acts → controllingPartyInCongress → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Taxing and Spending Clause → debatedBy → Federalists ⓘ

Era of Good Feelings → decliningParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Early Republic of the United States → hasPart → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Adams family → hasPoliticalAffiliation → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

First Party System → mainOpposingParties → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

James Iredell Sr. → memberOf → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

James McHenry → memberOf → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

John Jay → memberOf → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Philip Schuyler → memberOf → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Robert Morris → memberOf → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Thomas McKean → memberOf → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

William R. Davie → memberOf → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Alexander Hamilton → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Charles Carroll of Carrollton → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Daniel Webster → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Edmund Randolph → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Frederick Muhlenberg → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Henry Lee III → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

John Marshall → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Oliver Ellsworth → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Oliver Wolcott Jr. → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Samuel Johnston → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Stephen Van Rensselaer → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Thomas Boylston Adams → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Walter Livingston → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

William Marbury → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

William Paterson → memberOfPoliticalParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Anti-Federalists → opposedBy → Federalists ⓘ

Embargo Act of 1807 → opposedBy → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Democratic-Republican Party → opposedTo → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Presidency of James Madison → oppositionParty → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Hartford Convention → organizedBy → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England Federalists

Hartford Convention → participant → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Richard Dobbs Spaight → partyAffiliation → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

John Adams → politicalAffiliation → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Guadalupe Victoria → politicalAlignment → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist

Livingston → politicalAlignment → Federalists ⓘ

subject surface form: Livingston family

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Livingston family → politicalAlignment → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist Party

Noah Webster → politicalAlignment → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist

Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States → politicalAlignment → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist

The Federalist No. 34 → politicalAlignment → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist

The Federalist No. 39 → politicalAlignment → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist

The Federalist No. 45 → politicalAlignment → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist

The Independent Journal → politicalAlignment → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist

Virginia Ratifying Convention → politicalAlignment → Federalists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist