The short answer is: "to a great extent". The entire plan of the Federalists was to create a strong central government instead of having many autonomous states. Of course this occasionally went against national unity in the sense that some people were opposed to this plan, but in general they favored unity.
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Their numbers could be 1 and 14, 13 and 2, 12 and 3, 11 and 4, 10 and 5, 9 and 6, 8 and 7, 7 and 8, or 6 and 9.
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