Who were the Antifederalist‚ and why did they oppose the Constitution? During the procedure to ratify the constitution‚ the delegates did not submit the Constitution to state legislature contravening the Articles of Confederation. Alternatively they decided the constitution would be established after nine of the thirteen states ratified it. As the constitutional debate began‚ many of the nationalist took an advantage of the opportunity and took initiative. They began by calling themselves Federalists
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Jazmine Rangel Mr. Brinson AP Government 4-B September 29‚ 2014 Federalism Homework: 1. The anti-federalists opposed the constitution because‚ they thought that new constitution would cause “an immense increase of taxes” spent by an ever-growing federal government. 2. Anti-federalists concerns came true because‚ now the federal government has taken responsibilities in areas that traditionally were the province of state governments‚ such as welfare
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Federalists Advantages Federalists had several advantages in promoting the Constitution over the anti-federalists. The Federalists were for the Constitution because they wanted a more conservative government‚ where as the anti-federalists were against it because they didn’t want the government to be in control of everything. George Washington‚ the first president of the United States‚ was one of many of the advantages the Federalists had over the Anti-Federalists. For starters‚ he was
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jazy brunet conelly peroid 4 Ratifying the Constitution Due to the monarchial rule under George III the people lacked governmental power. There are two sides to ratifying the Constitution. The Federalists who want to adopt the Constitution and the Antifederalists who wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation. Many Antifederalists believed that the governmental power should rest in the states‚ and the central government should remain weak. There were also many Federalists who believe
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Shay’s Rebellion http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Shays-Rebelion/44327 http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/shaysapp/artifact/category.do?ID=2 Daniel Shay’s rebellion showed the weakness of a limited government. p.216‚ 220 Bailey‚ Thomas Andrew‚ David M. Kennedy‚ and Lizabeth Cohen. The American Pageant. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 1998. Print. Boyer‚ Paul S. The Enduring Vision. Belmont‚ CA: Wadsworth‚ 2009. Print. PRIMARY SOURCES Gazette‚ Hampshire‚ comp. "A
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AP U.S History Ian Fout Per.2 While both Jefferson and Hamilton were brilliant minds and were major contributors to establishing our nation‚ and its flourishing‚ they both had very different views on key structural aspects of the country. They both stood for opposing political sides‚ Hamilton a solid federalist‚ while Jefferson was an anti-federalist‚ or republican. Their political differences helped shaped their separate images clearly throughout history. Hamilton believed that a strong central
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Anti-Federalists Against too much Power After the revolutionary war against britain the newly independent country made a new government. within the government to parties arose known as the Federalist and antifederalist. The Federalist were all for a strong government while the Anti-Federalist favored a weaker government.So when the Federaist tried to make a constitution that gave the government more power the Anti-Federalist refused to ratify the constitution. One of the reasons the Anti-Federalist
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The year of 1787‚ when delegates gathered in Philadelphia to the draft a new constitution for the country. Curtain groups of people at the time think that the old document "Article of Confederation" was going to divide this country apart. At the time‚ there were two parties‚ one opposed 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
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The Constitution itself did not mention political parties‚ and it was assumed that none was going to arise. But this was soon proven wrong when the debates between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists in 1787 and 1788 stir into a two party system. This soon led to a permanent feature in American policies. In early times‚ groups of people formed temporary assembly and voted together either for or against a specific policy. When the policy was settled‚ the assemblies would dissolve. The Federalists
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Whether or not this nation is a republic or a democracy is an age old question that has been asked since the nation had its revolution and separation from England. In Federalist Paper No. 39‚ Madison points out that many nations before us have been incorrectly called Republics‚ including England‚ from whom we parted. A republic form of government is what Americans fought for in the Revolution and the definition and characteristics of this form of government are made clear by Madison. A republic gains
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