Question

Federalist believed in the separation of powers because they wanted

Answer 1

Federalists believed in the separation if powers because they wanted individuals to have rights and states to have rights

Answer 2

Answer:

the central government to avoid monarchy.

Explanation:

By adopting Separation of Powers, with a system of balance and checks, they could have a system that would never be as powerful as having a monarch (a Civil Monarch as many in the South would call) in power. The idea was that even though the representative of the Federal Government was powerful, he or she would always be limited by the power of the legislative and judiciary.