Hannah Carr
United States Government
March 18, 2015
Horton

2.03 The Antifederalist Assessment

So I have chosen to use Federalists because our government is strong and it is beneficial to our country, the federalists wanted a change in the government, while the Anti-Federalists wanted a monarchy. The Anti-Federalists way would have led our country to corruption. The federalists covered the worries of the people and the corruption of the government while adding in people opinions.

Anti-Federalists refer to a coalition of people that opposed the creation of the Constitution that would lead to a stronger U.S. federal government. They believed that the greatest threat to the future of the United States would be because of the governments growing power. The previous constitution, known as the Articles of Confederation, gave the states more authority.
“Rouse up, my friends, a matter of infinite importance is before you on the carpet, soon to be decided in your convention: The New Constitution. Seize the happy moment. Secure to yourselves and your posterity the jewel Liberty, which has cost you so much blood and treasure, by a well regulated Bill of Rights, from the encroachments of men in power.“

The group of supporters that wanted to put the Constitution into place were known as the Federalists, they got their name from the term “federalism” which implies a strong central government. Federalism is a system based upon democratic rules in which the power to govern is shared between the state and national governments, creating a federation.
“We may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior.”