Most anti-federalists consist of lower case merchants and farmers. So to answer your question, most anti-federalists were not wealthy.
Government is not what the federalists feared to be the most apparent source of tyranny. The federalists supported the idea of government. They actually believed that the most apparent source of tyranny was the Majority Rule - that is to say they thought that the popular majority would be able to unite and "trample on the rules of justice". It was the anti-federalists who believed that government was naturally tyrannical.
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.
They were called Federalists.
The Anti-Federalists were most angered by the fact that the Constitution had no bill of rights to protect the people. In order to get the Constitution ratified, the Federalists promised that adding a bill of rights would be the first thing the new Congress would do after the Constitution was put in place.
Most anti-federalists consist of lower case merchants and farmers. So to answer your question, most anti-federalists were not wealthy.
fedrilism
hot and cold
whether representation should cover the entire republic
Government is not what the federalists feared to be the most apparent source of tyranny. The federalists supported the idea of government. They actually believed that the most apparent source of tyranny was the Majority Rule - that is to say they thought that the popular majority would be able to unite and "trample on the rules of justice". It was the anti-federalists who believed that government was naturally tyrannical.
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
the north
The Democrats
hamilton, madison,jay
Anti-Federalists believed the constitution represented small states over all.
The Bill of Rights.