They wanted a strong central government.
Anti Federalists
anti-federalists
They wanted a strong central government.
anti federalists
nothing at alll!! Edit (April 8 2012) Ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
Federalists
They were the Anti Federalists and are now known as Democratic-Republicans
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.
Federalists were for the ratification of the Constitution. Those who opposed such ratification were called Anti-Federalists or Confederalists.
Federalists were for ratification. Antifederlists werent.
The federalists was one of the ones who supported the ratification of the Constitution
The Federalists, who were for the ratification of the Constitution, and the Anti-federalists, who were against the ratification.