What was the reason anti federalist opposed the new constitution?

Answer 1

The anti federalists who included patriots such as Patrick Henry certainly were not opposed to America' becoming a prosperous nation nor were they opposed to union. However they did not want to see the individual states lose any of their powers. Patrick Henry queried, " Who authorized them to speak the language of We the People instead of We the States? "

Answer 2

The anti-Federalists didn't like the power the Constitution gave the federal government. They believed this would lead to the same type of tyrannical government that they had fought to get rid of. They were also not happy that the initial draft did not contain a Bill of Rights.

Answer 3

Anti-federalists were against a government having a strong central government and weak states, and with the new constitution they would get just that. That is why James Madison drafted the bill of rights or the first ten amendments of the Constitution. The bill of rights was made to protect the people from a strong central government so their rights wouldn't be taken away from them. The bill of rights also made a lot of anti-federalists change their minds about not approving the new Constitution.

Answer 4

the proposed Constitution created a central government with too much power

Answer 5

It lacked the bill of rights