While trying to ratify the constitution two parties were formed, the Federalist and Anti-Federalist. Now the Federalist wanted a strong government with a strong executive branch. Now the Federalist felt that the Constitution was fine just the way it was, that there was no need for a Bill of Rights. The Federalist also believed that only the elite and educated should be eligible to lead the colonies. Alexander Hamilton was a great influence with the Federalist since he believed that they should have a strong National Bank to manage money across state borders.…
The anti-federalists feared that the central government would become too powerful and that if the government would commit an infraction on the states’ rights. The Federalists were in agreement with the constitution. The federalists were wealthy, well educated and were unified by the thought of higher power. The leaders of the Federalists included John Adams and Alexander Hamilton both yearned for an effective constitution. In contrast, the Anti-federalists were generally farmers and anybody that fell below the line of being wealthy.…
The Federalists were those in favor of the Constitution and included John Hancock, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and John Adams. A large number of Federalists were elites, landowners, bankers, and bigtime businessmen. The Anti-Federalists were those in favor of the Articles of Confederation and included George Mason, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, and Samuel Adams. The Anti-Federalist party were mainly a group of middle-class farmers and small time businessmen. Even though both groups wanted some form of government, the right to vote, and wanted congress to make treaties and the right to declare war, there are many things they both disagreed on.…
Although the Federalist shard many of the same ideas of the Antifederalist such as individual rights (Oaks 223). The Anti-Federalists shared different view on how the government should be ran. Because of their experiences with the tyranny of Great Britain, they feared the establishment of a strong national government. The Anti-Federalists also did not accept the use of separation of powers and checks and balances, because they feared the branches of government would abuse the power and not serve the purpose of protecting the rights and freedoms of the individuals. It was evident in the way they thought things should be ran and why they thought they where right, being that they where from a old-line of republicans and did not favor a system…
The Federalist Party believed in running country based on the containment of power within the central government, and therefore they would be able to control the states. However, the anti-federalist viewed the government as a source to keep the country intact, but allow the people to make and have their own freedom. Generally, in the aspect of viewing two different political parties, one supported the exact opposite of what the other wanted. In regards to the constitution, the anti-federalist concluded that the constitution gave too much power to both the government as well as those involved with the government, and it did little to protect those that protect the country. Presumably Warren and the anti-federals viewed an ideal society as one that remained small with a state government that aided its people as much as possible.…
The Jefferson/ Hamilton debate was the rivalry between the federalists and the antifederalists in the 1790’s. The antifederalists, led by Thomas Jefferson, were strong believers in the agricultural standpoint. The southern states complied with Jefferson, which is where most of the crops and farms were found. The Federalists on the other hand, led by Alexander Hamilton, stood more for the interest of seaports. Hamilton was scared that citizens would anarchy against the government.…
The federalists wanted a strong national government because the acts of confederation failed. Federalists called for a national bank and good relations with Great Britain, this was expressed in the jay treaty in 1794. Alexander Hamilton was the leader of the federalists and backed their beliefs fully. The only federalist president was John Adams. After the jay treaty passed the federalists won most of the major legislative battles in the 1790s.…
Dividing the parties almost completely in half were two groups with called the Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Anti-Federalists were more for a weak central government and more power to individual states, also their biggest argument was for a Bill of Rights. Now on the other hand the Federalists wanted a stronger central government and were against a Bill of Rights because they believed the government would give them rights. The Anti-Federalists main argument for a Bill of Rights was that there were certain rights that were guaranteed to people that the government should not infringe upon.…
Federalists and Anti-Federalists The feud between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist party was based on the ratification of the Constitution. Even though both groups believed that the principal purpose of government is to secure individual rights and that the best instrument for that purpose is some form of limited republican government. They also agreed that the individual has the right to do anything that the government has no power to keep him from doing.…
The Federalists are who instated the foundation for what our country is. Both the Federalists and Anti-Federalists had an opinions on how the nation should exist. However, the ideals of each group conflicted on multiple levels. Originally, the first draft for a constitution was established by the Articles of Confederation in 1778 (Kramnick, pg155). This was a document to draft laws for the newly independent states.…
Anti-federalists believed that each state should have an independent government with more power than the national government, so it can’t get overpowering like the government in England. Most of the Anti-federalists were people of low or medium class, because they felt the Federalists idea of government would be populated with wealthy men, giving them little to no say in what happens in the government. Many of the Anti-federalists wanted there to be a Bill of Rights, to state all of their rights, because there wasn’t one in the constitution, “Why not have a bill of rights? Why not a short document saying our rights we preserved? Are you worried that it will take up too much paper?”(Hovde NP)…
In the argument about the ratification of the United States Constitution, both the supporters and the opponents had substantial reasoning for their viewpoints. However, these groups differentiated greatly on what problems were most significant to their arguments. Each group came up with smaller “subgroups” of issues they had with the Constitution or Articles of Confederation. The supporting group of the Constitution was the Federalists, who believed in a strong central government that would better protect and support the new upcoming nation.…
When the U.S. Constitution was being drafted, the Federalist Party supported a stronger central government, while "Anti-Federalists" wanted a weaker central government. This is very different from the modern usage of "federalism" in Europe and the United States. The distinction stems from the fact that "federalism" is situated in the middle of the political spectrum between a confederacy and a unitary state. The U.S. Constitution was written as a reaction to the Articles of Confederation, under which the United States was a loose confederation with a weak central…
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, contained one main similarity, thirst for the creation of a new country, just with different ideas of how it should function.…
The Republican Party was formed in 1854 by former members of the “Whig Democratic” and “Free Soil” parties who chose the party’s name to recall the Jeffersonian Republican’s concern with the national interest. The Republican Party is a more conservative while Democrats are more liberal. The Democratic Party was formed in 1790 as a group of Thomas Jefferson’s supporters. They demonstrated their beliefs in the principle of popular government and their opposition to monarchism. Democrats won every presidential election in the years of 1836-60, but the slavery issues split the party.…