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The Federalist’s belief to ratify the new proposed Constitution is the best position for our country because it would protect the safety and liberty of the citizens, and a new government needed to be established that had greater national-level powers. Before the new Constitution, states had their own governments, laws, and disciplinary tactics/actions. There was a national government, but it didn’t have nearly as much power or control over the states as it did after the Constitution was ratified. The Constitution gave the nation a sense of unity, because now all power was divided between the federal government and the many individual state governments. A strong central government was necessary if the states were going to band together to form

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