Chapter 2 Section 5. The chief worry of the Antifederalists was that the states would lose influence...

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


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.


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


EXPANSION OF THE NATION


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

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