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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After the Revolution, the slavery continued because the Founders had a difficulty on which one to prioritize. Their priority during that time was to break free from the British rule and to begin to work as a new nation. Slavery only ended up during the thirteenth amendment of the Constitution in the year 1835.
