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Federalists favored the ratification of the Constitution because they believed that a strong central government was needed. The federalists were generally wealthy individuals, that were opposed to anarchy.
Hamilton wanted a strong federal government, he favored taking a broad view of the meaning of the words is the Constitution. Where as Jefferson believed in small local government, he favored taking a narrow view of the meaning of words in the Constitution.
The Federalist favored ratification of the newly drafted Constitution. Those that opposed the United States Constitution were known as the Anti-Federalist.
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it would keep congress from overpowering the other branches