They believed a strong centralized government would deny individual liberties and proposed amendments that would later be added to the Constitution. Federalists supported the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. They believed that State Constitutions would protect freedoms. Madison argued that state governments were crucial to the operation of the federal government. After British rule the people were leery of any government that could grow too powerful and strip freedoms. They wanted to remain
They believed a strong centralized government would deny individual liberties and proposed amendments that would later be added to the Constitution. Federalists supported the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. They believed that State Constitutions would protect freedoms. Madison argued that state governments were crucial to the operation of the federal government. After British rule the people were leery of any government that could grow too powerful and strip freedoms. They wanted to remain