What was the Federalist position on the Constitution in 1787?

Question

Federalist were  people related to the government

 

Answer 1

The Federalists were strongly in favor of adopting a Constitution. They believed that a strong central government was the only way to protect the liberties earned in the American Revolution. In the words of James Madison, a Federalist leader: the Constitution was a "Republican remedy for the diseases most incident to Republican government."