First, the Anti- Federalists opposed the ratification of the constitution in favor of keeping the national government weak/giving more power to the states. They had an immense fear of corruption and tyranny and therefore tended to favor a weak, decentralized government as a protection of Liberty. The Anti- Federalists came to a conclusion that the constitution did not give an equal supply of power among the three branches of government. The Anti- Federalists revealed that the constitution distributed too much power and rights to the federal government which resulted in the loss of power and rights for the states and local governments. Anti-Federalists soon developed another possibility that the nation was to big. As a result of this, the