During the 1780s, a plan for a new Constitution that would completely change the American government was put into action. However, this caused a disagreement between the people which formed two opposing parties on the idea of a new constitution. The Anti-Federalists wanted strong state governments and a weak central government, and the Federalists wanted the exact opposite of that. Although I prefer to have a balanced mix between the two, I would have to side with the anti-federalists. One of the main concerns of the anti-federalists were the power of the people: “The Anti-Federalists believed that the Constitution would create a regime that would fail to cultivate the kind of citizens that republican government requires” (17). They fear that
