The Anti-Federalists felt the new Constitution gave too much power to the national government at the expense of the states and people. They felt there was nothing in the Constitution to protect the rights of the citizens and to prevent the national government from misusing it's power. Many Anti-Federalists agreed to support the new Constitution if a Bill of Rights was added to the document.
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.
i have no clue but its posible that they were scared because the constitution had weapons
Anti-federalists criticized the U Constitution primarily because governing power was concentrated in the national government. Anti-federalists did not want the Constitution to be ratified.
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.
The Antifederalists didn't really have a problem with the Constitution itself. What bothered the Antifederalists the most was that the Constitution had no way of guarunteeing peoples burthrights, or rights that cannot be taken away. This resulted in th creation of the first 10 Amendments, or the Bill of Rights, to acccompany the Contitution.
A bill of rights
look up antifederalists
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
The Antifederalists were not happy with the Constitution.
Antifederalists
they were not in favor of it
They didn't want a powerful executive to become a king or tyrant.
They didn't want a powerful executive to become a king or tyrant.
the national government would be to strong
Antifederalists
Antifederalists
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