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    The Anti-Federalists

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    over the ratification of the American Constitution in 1787, two groups, Federalists and Anti-Federalists, were extremely concerned with the safeguarding of liberty. However, these two groups absolutely disagreed whether or not a strong national government would uphold or ultimately annihilate the liberty of the American people. The Federalists supported the Constitution and a stronger national government. The Anti-Federalists, on the other hand, opposed the final ratification of the U.S.…

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    The Anti-Federalists

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    the more notable Anti-Federalists included Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, and Richard Henry Lee. These men along with many others, mainly small landowners and farmers, opposed the Constitutions fearing that it would lead to tyranny, similar to what they just experienced with the British. During the time after the final draft of the constitution this group of men wrote a number of papers now called the Anti-Federalist Papers opposing the constitution. One quote from the Anti-Federalist Papers…

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    Differences Between Federalists and Anti-Federalists In tumultuous 1787 fifty-five men got together in order to create the United States Constitution. This was a time when the most important debate in America’s history took place. Federalists were for the adoption of the Constitution while Anti-Federalists were against of it. The Federalists differ from the Anti-Federalists in terms of social, political and economic spheres. Social sphere Many differences between these two ideologies are…

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    Federalists vs Anti-Federalists After the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the weak Articles of Confederation were replaced by the Constitution. It was turned over to the states for approval and for some it brought back fears and memories of King George, while for others it fixed the problems of the Articles of Confederation. Upon completion of it’s writing, a debate was started concerning ratification. Some people believed that the Constitution gave too much power to a central…

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    favored the Federalists. A solid focal government has been exceptionally helpful to our nation, as it has been demonstrated. They needed to see a change, though the Anti-Federalists needed to keep the government. The federalists needed to see an improvement in our nation. The Anti-Federalists needed to keep our legislature as seems to be, which would imply that we would fundamentally be a government. Doing this would cause threatening vibe toward the administration. The Federalists had…

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    The Ferocious Fight Over The Constitution: Anti-Federalist vs. Federalist The year of 1787: the Constitutional Convention is held to discuss the errors of the current government, the Articles of Confederation. The government was falling apart in eyes of the elites, with financial and social controversy still rising. Through these problems, the Constitutional Convention breathed life into a famous document; the Constitution. However not everybody supported the document that would reshaped the…

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    AJ Siciliano, Federalists Vs. Anti-Federalists Essay Before the ratification of the constitution, two original political parties fell consistent during the 1700’s, Federalists and Antifederalists. In shorter terms, Federalists wanted a stronger central government to have overall power of the states, rather the Antifederalists wanted something similar to the Articles of Confederation, where the states as individuals, had more power than the central government. Both, although strongly contrasting…

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    opportunities for certain people to oppress a minority or weaker entity. There is an emphasis on hope because history has confirmed our government’s capacity to corrupt circumstances of power for statesman and tyrants alike. Both the Federalists and Anti-federalists cast arguments against the system, deeming certain qualities of its structure with more merit than others. Of course, there were political agendas connecting too many aspects of special interests and political corruptness, however,…

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    The arguments of federalists and antifederalists definitely are most evident today in the united states’ two party system. Traditionally the federalists advocated for a strong central government whereas the anti-federalists argued for more state rights. These anti-federalists were worried that the Federalists would create a strong central government and do away with giving the states power (Anti-Federalist Papers). They believed that the Federalist system would have too much power and rule over…

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    From 1787-1790 the American Constitution was debated by two opposing political philosophies named the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. The Federalist were in favor of the newly formed Constitution while the Anti-Federalists objected the new constitution believing that the central government seized too much power by creating a single national government forcing the first Congress to establish a bill of rights to ensure the liberties that the Antifederalists felt the Constitution violated.…

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