The Federalist Party made it so that the government promoted economic growth among the Virgin Islands.
 Federalists warned that American republicans threatened to replicate the horrors of the French Revolution and successfully mobilized most conservatives and many clergymen
 In foreign affairs, the Federalists opposed the French Revolution, engaged in the "Quasi War" (an undeclared naval war) with France in 179899, sought good relations with Britain and sought a strong army and navy

