Answer:
They wanted to form a government that did not allow one person to have too much authority or control. The Articles of Confederation taught them that there was a need for a strong centralized government.
Ended the party--in the War of 1812, the northern Federalists lost trade with Great Britain.
Federalists believed the US must become an industrial country not a farming country. The Hartford Convention was a discussion of New England states leaving the Union. When the war ended, they no longer needed to leave because they could trade with Great Britain again and the country now were united in creating an industrial country with a national banking system. The Federalist party disappears and the US is a one party country until the 1828 election.
<span>The colonists used nonviolent resistance. They printed many pamphlets as well (including Paine's), and much letter writing was done to England to petition for the redress of grievances. For the second question, the answer is that independence was common sense because it was the only rational course of action against an oppressive monarchy.</span>
