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Chapter 2 Section 5
FEDERALISTS AND ANTIFEDERALISTS
The chief worry of the Antifederalists was that the states would lose influence with the growth in the national government’s power
Federalists: FavoredAntifederalists: Opposed
A CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHING A STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
Local control was key to Antifederalist concept of democracy. This issue would boil
up in states’ rights fights in 1800s
Federalists argued that Senate (with two representatives per state) adequately
represented state interests
Federalists: OpposedAntifederalists: Favored
EMPOWERING THE 13 STATES
The absence of a Bill of Rights in the original Constitution was seen as a real
threat to individual citizens’ liberties by the Antifederalists
Federalists: OpposedAntifederalists: Favored
BILL OF RIGHTS
Antifederalists thought the Articles needed to be amended, not abandoned.
Federalists thought the Articles were ineffectual as a governing document.
Congress’ power was limited to requesting cooperation from states.
Federalists: OpposedAntifederalists: Favored
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
No experiment in democracy on a scale of America had ever been attempted
Federalists thought a large republic was seen as the best protection for individual
freedoms
Antifederalists envisioned a small republic that could protect individual rights
Federalists: FavoredAntifederalists: Opposed
EXPANSION OF THE NATION
Federalists: FavoredAntifederalists: Opposed
A CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHING A STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
Large farmers, merchants, and artisans
Small farmers, often from rural areas
Only a few men of wealth joined the Antifederalist
cause
Federalists Antifederalists
POLITICAL SUPPORTERS