The federalists believed that the US should make money primarily from manufacturing due to the fact that they believed that it would make the country independent from foreign nations.
Who were the Federalist?
This was term that was used to refer to the people that were in favor of the United States having a centralized government during the creation of the constitution.
According to these people the US as a manufacturing country would stop them from being dependent on others for essential supplies and ammunitions.
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