Federalism and Anti-federalism are very opposite in their opinions. Federalists wanted a strong central government.Federalists key sponsors where; Alexander Hamilton,James Madison,John Ray. While Anti-federalists believed in self governments.Key sponsors of Anti-federalists were;Patrick Henrey,George Mason,and Richard Henrey Lee. They wanted power in the states not the central government.The Federalists favored The Constitution.The Anti-federalists favored the Articles of Confederation.Federalists and Anti-federalists thought differently in the Bill of Rights also. Federalists were very against the Bill of Rights while the Anti-federalists were for it.Largely contributed in Urban areas was the Federalists, Anti-federalists were more contributed
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Anti-Federalists argued that the constitution gave too much power to the federal government while taking power away from the people,states,and local governments. They feared that the nation was to largely concerned with the government.And that takes away from the concernment of the people. They also feared that The Constitution did not have a Bill of Rights which held the liberties of the people. It held liberties such as, liberty of speech and trial by jury.They would fight to keep their liberties. After a while the Federalist agreed to add a Bill of Rights as long as the Anti-Federalists voted for a Constitution.That later happened in 1791. The Federal and Anti-Federalists governments also believed that the constitution granted too much power. They argued that the courts would be too far away to supply for the average citizen. Federalism is a form of government that divides the power between the national government and the state government. Later the Federalist papers were written to promote the ratification of the Constitution. There were also some weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation such as: 1.The state's only had one vote in congress opposed to the
Anti-Federalists argued that the constitution gave too much power to the federal government while taking power away from the people,states,and local governments. They feared that the nation was to largely concerned with the government.And that takes away from the concernment of the people. They also feared that The Constitution did not have a Bill of Rights which held the liberties of the people. It held liberties such as, liberty of speech and trial by jury.They would fight to keep their liberties. After a while the Federalist agreed to add a Bill of Rights as long as the Anti-Federalists voted for a Constitution.That later happened in 1791. The Federal and Anti-Federalists governments also believed that the constitution granted too much power. They argued that the courts would be too far away to supply for the average citizen. Federalism is a form of government that divides the power between the national government and the state government. Later the Federalist papers were written to promote the ratification of the Constitution. There were also some weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation such as: 1.The state's only had one vote in congress opposed to the