Perhaps even more important was foreign policy, where the Federalists favored Britain because of its political stability and its close ties to American trade, while the Republicans admired the French and the French Revolution.
也许更重要的是外交政策（方面存有差异），联邦党人因英国的政治稳定和与美国密切的贸易关系而支持英国，而共和党人则钦佩法国和法国大革命。