Which was the main reason that federalists supported ratification of the constitution? the belief that they had created a perfect document the need to give more power to the people and the states the need for a stronger central government the desire for personal power

The need for a stronger central government

Federalists supported a government with federal or centralized power. The Constitution as written provided a stronger central government than the Articles of Confederation provided.

The Constitution provided for a central government with three branches of power to prevent any one branch from getting too much power. The Federalists supported the ratification of the Constitution as originally written. However, another group believed the Constitution needed to have a guarantee of protection of personal rights and protection of the states. Anti-Federalists refused to ratify until amendments were created protecting the people.

they needed a stronger central goverment

equal pay act of 1963. the equal pay act, signed in to law by president john f. kennedy on june 10, 1963, was one of the first federal anti-discrimination laws that addressed wage differences based on gender. they felt that this would prevent employers from undercutting future wages for men.

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.