During the years 1786 and 1787 a series of protests erupted from american farmers against the Government named Shays Rebellion. The farmers were angry at state and local taxes where they developed debts. This event‚ although not a big threat‚ raised concern over the Articles of Confederation‚ and later be brought up with the establishment of the constitution. Despite the ease of stopping Daniel Shay and his followers‚ the rebellion questioned both the state and national government power. This issue
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On July 28‚ 1812‚ nine men huddled together inside the Baltimore City Jail‚ not because they were being detained for criminal malfeasance‚ but for their own protection from the mob of 1‚500 angry Baltimoreans gathered outside. The men inside the jail‚ led my Alexander C. Hanson‚ were members or affiliates of the unpopular Federalist newspaper‚ The Federal Republican. The crowd outside was predominantly composed of European immigrant wage laborers from Ireland who flocked to Baltimore following the
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The Federalists and Antifederalists fighting over the ratification of the Constitution brought great hardships for the newly emerging U.S. government and left behind two legacies that would cause conflict for years to come. Both of these groups came from very different social and economic backgrounds. The Federalists were advocates for the ratification of the Constitution while the Antifederalists were advocates for the Articles of Confederation. These parties paved the road for two legacies that
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“How did the Federalists and the Antifederalists differ in their visions for what the federal government should be? The American Revolution ended in 1783. Along with the war‚ as in any war‚ a large debt has been incurred. Other issues stymying the newly independent confederation government were relationships with the Indians and the western settlements and trade development and monetary values. The confederation government had its Articles of Confederation‚ but it was considered a weak document
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Kinnesha Queh Queh/1 Ms. Floyd 9th Adv. Amer. Gov. /3 6 December 2012 Anti-Federalist Essay The Anti-Federalists have their reasons & the Federalists have theirs. I’m against the idea of a central government and how the freedom of the states should be. The Constitution gives Congress the power to demolish all the branches and have absolute power
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The General Argument made by Robert E. Shalhope in The Constitution and the Competing Political Cultures of Late-Eighteenth-Century America is that leading up to the 1787 Constitutional Convention there was political tension between the Federalist and Antifederalist about how the country would be governed. More Specifically‚ Shalhope argues that the Federalist thought that educated people should run the government and that the central government should have more power. While the Anti Federalists
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If I were around during this time‚ I would support the anti-federalists. The anti-federalists were in favor of adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution so people could have individual rights. I believe that all people are created equal‚ and that was a primary focus for the anti-federalists. They believed that the government was too powerful‚ so they worked towards protection of the state’s rights. The federalists believed that the new nation needed a strong central government. They wanted the
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The Federalists Papers were made to explain why the central powers should be more powerful than state powers and how the central powers should be the supreme or absolute power‚ and the Anti-Federalists papers were made to oppose these views and explain why the state powers and the central powers should still have be equal. The response by the Federalists was more persuasive. The Federalists Paper #10 was written by James Madison. The document was titled “The Union Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection”
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6AP US History Federalism Questions I. Answer the following questions as fully as possible. Use the Internet‚ The American Pageant‚ or other sources to find the answers. Also please list your sources for each question. 1. What were the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? The Articles of Confederation were replaced by the Constitution at the Constitutional Conference in May 1787. Members of the Conference saw to replace the Articles because it was weak. The articles did
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Hamilton vs. Jefferson During the Revolutionary- Federalist Era‚ politics‚ parties‚ programs‚ policies‚ and people made an enormous difference in how the new nation should be structured and run. During this era‚ two men in particular championed politics and their respective parties. These two men were Alexander Hamilton‚ a Federalist‚ and Thomas Jefferson‚ a Democratic-Republican. Both Hamilton and Jefferson were successful college educated intellectuals and politicians who made significant contributions
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