Essay On Anti Federalists
Anti Federalists wanted our government to remain the same; a monarchy. This would cause distrust in the government because of the possible corruption. Federalists felt we should have a central government. They preferred a government with three branches. I feel they cared more about the feelings of the people. Which is why I have sided with the federalist. As stated in Federalist paper #39 says "It is essential to such a government that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion or a favored class of it.” Their intentions were to keep the government from getting way too powerful and unbalanced. If we separate the government into different branches the government would have checks and balances to
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They thought that having a bank wasn't needed as long as we had an army. They wanted to protect the rights of the citizens but created a monarchy so those same citizens didn't have a say in government. Brutus---an Anti-Federalist---states “And are by this clause invested with the power of making all laws, proper and necessary, for carrying all these into execution; and they may so exercise this power as entirely to annihilate all the state governments, and reduce this country to one single government.“ This quote just shows how they were against the idea of strong Central Government and how they feel it will take away from the freedoms of the American people but at the same time wished to keep slavery. In conclusion, the Anti Federalist and the Articles of Confederation may have had good intentions for the country, but it wasn’t so good for the people. The Articles of Confederation gave the states too much power so they could do whatever they wanted which caused division in the country because every state had its own currency. When the Constitution was put in place though, it unified the United States by giving the Central Government the power to rule over the states. The federalist and the Constitution were significantly better than their opposites which is why the Constitution is still around to this
They thought that having a bank wasn't needed as long as we had an army. They wanted to protect the rights of the citizens but created a monarchy so those same citizens didn't have a say in government. Brutus---an Anti-Federalist---states “And are by this clause invested with the power of making all laws, proper and necessary, for carrying all these into execution; and they may so exercise this power as entirely to annihilate all the state governments, and reduce this country to one single government.“ This quote just shows how they were against the idea of strong Central Government and how they feel it will take away from the freedoms of the American people but at the same time wished to keep slavery. In conclusion, the Anti Federalist and the Articles of Confederation may have had good intentions for the country, but it wasn’t so good for the people. The Articles of Confederation gave the states too much power so they could do whatever they wanted which caused division in the country because every state had its own currency. When the Constitution was put in place though, it unified the United States by giving the Central Government the power to rule over the states. The federalist and the Constitution were significantly better than their opposites which is why the Constitution is still around to this