true, and the group was called Essex Junto.
The Federalist favored ratification of the newly drafted Constitution. Those that opposed the United States Constitution were known as the Anti-Federalist.
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The Essex Junto was a Group of Massachusetts Federalists who met to voice their displeasure with the policies of Thomas Jefferson during his second term. They also proposed that the New England states and New York secede from the union.
Members of the Federalists party which included Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay supported the ratification of the Constitution. These members believed a centralized government was necessary to preserve the states in the union.
yenkee confederlists
group that feared a powerfull national gevernement
The Essex Junto was a group of lawyers and merchants from Essex County, Massachusetts. These Federalists supported Alexander Hamilton and the Massachusetts radicals. When Hamilton was offered a place in the plot to secede New England from the Union, he denied the offer. Consequently, the Essex Junto tried to vie support from Aaron Burr, who also rejected the offer from the Junto. The first attempt to break off New England from the Union failed since it was unable to gain support from the major power brokers in the state of New York.
The group that was considered to be made up of radicals were the anti-federalists. They pushed for more power for the states and a weak central government.
Together with President John Adams, he led the Federalists.
Anti-Federalists.
Federalists