Anti-Pluralists Vs Federalists
Federalists vs. Antifederalists After the Constitution of the United States was written in 1787 it was required that nine of the thirteen states would need to ratify it before it became valid. As the debate over the Constitution continued, two opposing sides materialized: the Federalists and the AntiFederalists. The Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution and believed that it gave the federal government too much power, while taking away the power of the individual states. They also wanted a bill of rights to guarantee certain liberties, which the Constitution did not have at the time. They also thought the federal government created would not represent the normal citizen very well. In addition, they argued that as a federal government,