Federalists believed that a strong government would unite states together to work under it.
Explanation
Federalists are those who supported the Constitution.
They had a belief that the Constitution was mandatory to implement and safeguard liberty and rights of citizens.
They maintained the sacredness to the American revolution.
They were in contrary to the anti-federalists, who supported a weak central government.
Federalists were also known as nationalists.
They feared the excess of democracy can harm the country and its people as witnessed in the case of Shays rebellion.