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    However, not everyone in the anti federalist group participated in preparing the speeches and doing research. Because there were 9 people in the group altogether we divided into groups of three so each group of three people could write one speech taking the role of an anti federalist character. Out of my individual group only two of the three people contributed, myself included. The third member did not contribute

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    Anti-Federalist had great ideas of how a government system should work and what should make up a government. The Anti-Federalist believed that in order to have a successful governing system and equally represented states, governments had to be closer to the people. State government is the method of having local people, farmers, or someone of the middle class to govern over a state, rather than having one unit governing over a large nation. The Anti-Federalist thought state government was the best

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    years prior to that political parties started to form. The first political party ever were the Federalists. The Federalist were the people that supported the Constitution and believed in a strong central government. Soon after that a new group formed called the Anti-Federalists who also supported the Constitution, but a stricter interpretation of it focused towards strong states governments. The Anti-Federalists rallied behind Thomas Jefferson and soon changed their name to Democratic-Republicans. Political

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    Anti Federalists Dbq

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    and Robert Yates came out publicly against the Constitution. They became known as the Anti-Federalists. The Anti-Federalists were concerned about the amount of power the Constitution would grant the national government, they were apprehensive about representation at the national level, and they were disturbed over the lack of safeguards for citizens’ rights. Phrases in the Constitution led the Anti-Federalists to believe that the power of the national government would be virtually unlimited, which

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    Federalists and Anti-Federalists have a different perspective concerning human nature with respect to governance and structural operation of governments. For Federalists, common people are self-centered and individualistic. While federalists contend that individuals are self-intrigued, there still needs to be government. It is about how the administration is organized. From the exceptionalism hypothesis, the Americans are self-intrigued as compared to other people in different nations. A considerable

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    The federalists and anti-federalists were two opposing political parties during the time period of the ratification of the constitution. This process of ratifying the constitution was extremely difficult due to the dissent between the federalists and anti-federalists. The federalists, a northern based party mainly geared towards the upper class, supported the ratification of the constitution. The anti-federalists, a southern and western based party geared towards farmers, opposed the ratification

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    Then there were Anti- Federalists who believed that the bulk of duties should continue to be left to each state's own discretion, so that there would be no misrepresentation of the people it governed. It's left to say that neither side saw eye to eye, but would eventually reach a "compromise", the Federalists would institute their version of the Constitution which had a clear notion of Central Government and it's duties. The Anti-Federalists would receive an additional amendment

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    The anti-federalists were a group that had many issues concerning the ratification of the Constitution. They had a large number of diverse authors who all had similar ideas on the ways the government should be. Those against the 85 Federalist Papers, wrote down all their issues and their side of things that soon became known as the Anti-Federalists Papers. One conflicting point between the anti - federalists and the federalists was their views on government control. The anti - federalists were strong

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    Anti Federalist Paper

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    distinct”(Source: Federalist Paper #47, 1788). Due to the significant events that occurred during the American Revolution, the new U.S. was in a need for a government. Although the Anti-Federalists worried that the constitution would not protect the people, nevertheless the constitution guarded against tyranny due to federalism, checks and balances, and The Bill of Rights. To begin with, federalism is one of the many ways that citizens of the U.S. are protected against tyranny. Based on federalist paper #51

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    Federalist The Anti-Federalists needed to keep our administration as it might have been. This implies the administration would be a government. Threatening vibe towards the administration would come to fruition if this somehow managed to happen. A solid focal government was needed by the Federalists alongside needing the constitution to be endorsed as snappy as could be allowed without altering it. Federalists additionally trusted that some force ought to be taken out of the states and put into

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