George Mason and Patrick Henry were 2 of the main ones. (Patrick Henry was the main leader). Thomas Jefferson and Elbridge Gerry were also antifederalists.
Anti-Federalists is the name given to the people who did not favor ratification of the United States Constitution. People like Patrick Henry, Edmund Randolph and others who feared that centralized power was an invitation to tyranny, were anti-federalists. Sam Adams, for example, was opposed to the new Constitution until Massachusetts Federalists agreed to work for a Bill of Rights to be added to the Constitution when it was ratified. The lack of a Bill of Rights was one of the main reasons that the anti-federalists were against ratification.
The anti-federalists were people who didn't want the United States Constitution to be ratified. A couple of famous anti-federalists were George Mason and Patrick Henry.
People who are afraid their rights would not be protected under the constitution a.p.e.x
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The Federalists were the ones whom wanted to aprove the constitution, and make it legal. The Antifederalists were the one whom voted againt aproving the constituition. The Federalists were the ones whom wanted to aprove the constitution, and make it legal. The Antifederalists were the one whom voted againt aproving the constituition.
When the Constitution was first suggested, people who sided with it were called Federalists. People who did not were called Antifederalists. Antifederalists wanted a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.
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Why did Antifederalists oppose Alexander Hamilton's plan
There were several antifederalists. Jefferson was considered the leading antifederalist. Other antifederalists include Patrick Henry and George Mason. Antifederalists opposed the constitution.
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Why did Antifederalists oppose Alexander Hamilton's plan
the federalists were trying to get the antifederalists with the constitution and the federalists agreed with the constitution and the antifederalists didnt agree with the constitution
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they were not in favor of it
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