Federalists Vs Anti Federalists

Federalists were a group supported by large farmers, traders, artisans who wanted a stronger national government and the ratification of the Constitution; also they were a well-organized group. In the other hand Anti federalist were a group supported by Small farmers, often from rural areas who though that the states would lose influence thanks to the growth of the national government’s power. As we can see these two groups had different points of view. Anti-Federalists believed that the government should be ruled by the common man. Contrary to this, the Federalists believed the government should be ruled by the elite. Another notable issue where these two groups strongly disagreed was the Bill Of Rights. Federalist believed that it was not