Federalists Vs. Anti-Federalist Debate

Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist Debate After Articles of Confederation it was seen necessary to repeal the Articles and create one that is perfect for everyone in the country, but it wasn’t that easy. Federalists claimed that we needed a strong central government to prevent rebellions such as Shay’s Rebellion that damaged the states while the Anti-Federalists feared that a strong central government could turn into a kingdom like U.K. which they have fought and damaged deeply, recently. In different topics such as Congress, Executive, Judicial and whether we needed to have Bill of Rights or not, both parties debated and found solutions that still after hundreds of years works… Congress was one of the most important topics that has been debated
Second, they believed that representative had to be at least 25 years old male and has to be a citizen for a minimum of 7 years, and that he must live in the state he is to represent and hold no other political office when in office. Third, they believed people should elect the House of Representatives and that the House of Representatives should be in office for a period of time that is not too short that causes representatives to not have done anything in that period of time but not too long either that causes “tyranny in the government”. Biannual election cycle for the representatives should be good enough for the reasons stated above. Fourth, when choosing a senator, he has to be at least 30 years old and he needs to be a citizen for at least 9 years so that the senator’s character can be seen and judged properly. Fifth, every state should have the same amount of senators in the office no matter the size or the population so that the voice of every state can be heard. The senate is so important that if any other branches of government has corruption senate would be able to solve it and lastly, we need checks and balances so each branch of government can check on the other branch which enables us to have justice and democracy in our government. While the
While the Anti-Federalists believed that mankind always seeks freedom and a social contract between the person and the state or the government to protect safety and rights such as happiness, self-defense and unalienable. Anti-Federalists also believed states declaration of rights is not enough and that these rights are so essential to life such as life, liberty and property that we can’t even risk losing it. After all it was seen necessary to specifically have Bill of Rights as the Anti-Federalists wanted to keep our