Federalists did not fear the government. Anit-federalists did. During the late 1700s the Articles of Confederation was being rethought as the constitution of America. When the Constitution was proposed, Anti-federalists believed it was too powerful nationally and could become a monarchy or Dictatorship. They also thought it took individual power away from the states.
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They were called Federalists.
The Federalists were the North. The Confederates were the South. Federalists were against slavery and the Confederates were for slavery. Confederates is against the federalists, or opposite the federalists. CONfederalists.
anti-federalists.
Federalists
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.