1.Introduction The Bill of Rights was created by James Madison. The website‚ “Bill of Rights‚” defines what the Bill of Rights really means: “The first 10 amendments to the constitution make up the bill of rights.” The Bill of Rights protects our natural rights. The Federalists argued that this was not necessary but the Anti-Federalist thought it was: “Federalists argued that the Constitution did not need a bill of rights‚ because the people and the states kept any powers not given to the federal
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Derek Matthew Gonzales Per 5 Bill of Rights What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights? The purpose of it is to save the Anti-Federalists because from the beginning‚ they thought that the Constitution favored a central government too heavily. They did not agree that the balance of power provided for by the Constitution prevented one branch from becoming too powerful. They were scared that the Congress and the court system were too far removed from the people of the nation and
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people were created: Federalists‚ who supported the new Constitution; and the Anti-Federalists‚ who were against the new form of government. During the Constitutional Convention‚ both parties presented their case‚ their form of government and evidence supporting why that was the best way for America to be governed. America must have a National and a State government in order to function properly and fulfill its people’s needs. On the one hand‚ there is Centinel‚ an Anti-federalist that argues in The
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between two opposing political philosophies during the late 1700’s. The Federalist and Anti-Federalist parties aroused at the formation and ratification of the Constitution. Both sides pointed out many arguments in order to find common ground in a governmental structure. The main conflict between the two parties revolved around the amount of power and control that the states and national government would obtain. As I am on the Federalist side‚ I support and agree to ratify the Constitution. For this will
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the idea of drafting the new constitution‚ the Anti Federalists. The other is the Federalist‚ who supported the idea. The Anti-federalists argued that the new constitution would post a threat to its people freedom and liberty. They said that the constitution would give the central government too much power‚ and at the end may ends up like their mother land‚ England. But‚ the Federalists have a totally different view on this matter. The federalists argued that
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Federalists v. Anti-Federalists Participants in the Debate The debates over ratification of the Constitution represent the most important and intellectually sophisticated public debates in American history. On the one side‚ the supporters of the Constitution‚ or "Federalists‚" argued that the nation desperately needed a stronger national government to bring order‚ stability and unity to its efforts to find its way in an increasingly complicated world. Opponents of the Constitution‚ or "Antifederalists
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The Federalists and the Anti Federalists went together like fire and ice. They always seemed to crash heads when it came to who should take power. The supporters of the proposed Constitution called themselves Federalists. They wanted a strong centered government. Unlike the Anti federalists‚ they were a diverse coalition of people who opposed ratification of the Constitution. Although less well organized than the Federalists‚ they also had an impressive group of leaders who were especially prominent
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called the Federalists‚ wanted a stronger national government and one group called the Anti-Federalists‚ opposed the development of a national government. The Federalists ratified the Constitution to help properly manage the debt and tensions following the American Revolution. The Anti-Federalists opposed the development of a strong federal government and the ratification of the Constitution‚ preferring instead for power to remain in the hands of state and local governments. Although the Anti-Federalists
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consisted of Federalists‚ those who supported ratification‚ and Anti-Federalists‚ those opposed to the constitution. Each group published a series of letters known as the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers. The Anti-Federalist papers objected to provisions of the proposed constitution while the Federalist Papers defended the rationale behind the document. Anti-Federalist objections included that; the United States was too extensive to be governed by a republic‚ the constitution included no bill of rights
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The fears and concerns of Anti-Federalists regarding government tyranny have not become realized in today’s government. Our government has not become too large and tyrannical because of the rules‚ laws‚ and papers we have in place. The rules we have in place include the checks and balances systems and our very own Bill of Rights‚ which safeguards the rights of the people. Our government has not overcome the fears and concerns of the Anti-Federalists regarding government tyranny because of our checks
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