Federalists believed a strong government would1. take too much power from the states.2. cause power struggles among states.3. encourage states to work together.4. make state government unnecessary.

I believe the answer would be 3, Encourage the States to Work Together.

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.