He supported the interests of industry, commerce and banking over the interests of agriculture unlike the anti-federalists.

He believed that the Constitution should be interpreted loosely to give the federal government greater power.

Hamilton's political agenda entailed establishing a stronger federal government under a new Constitution

Alexander Hamilton was a Federalist. He wanted the power to be vested in the federal government unlike Thomas Jefferson and James Madison who were anti-federalist and wanted the power to be vested in the individual states.

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