A. because they had to dig terraces into the mountain side which helped a lot with farming.
Federalists supported a strong central government. They wanted to give a lot of power to the national government and not a lot of power to the states. On the other hand, the antifederalist wanted to give more power to the states because they feared that giving a lot of power to the federal government would create an oppressive monarchy like the one they had just escaped after winning the Revolutionary War against Great Britain.
B. Britain and France The reason is because they were our allies the others were NOT.