The Federalist Party made it so that the government promoted economic growth.
 The Federalists, notably Hamilton, were distrustful of "the people", the French and the Republicans
 For economic and philosophical reasons, the Federalists tended to be pro-Britishthe United States engaged in more trade with Great Britain than with any other countryand vociferously opposed Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807 and the seemingly deliberate provocation of war with Britain by the Madison Administration

