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Federalists: supporters of constitution favoring balance of power between states/national government
-insisted that division of powers and system of checks and balances would protect Americans from tyranny of centralized authority
Antifederalists: against constitution because they opposed having a strong central government
-feared that strong central government would serve interests of privileged minority and ignore rights of majority, also raised doubts that single government could manage the affairs of an entire country
-main argument centered on Constitution's lack of protection of individual rights
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ProfessorA better question would be: What is not controversial about the constitution? We have a supreme court, whose total function is to interpret what the founding fathers intended when it was written, also the preamble contains moronic rhetoric. To put Free and goverened into the same rhetoric is oxymoronic!
The main problem most colonies had with the Constitution was that it did not guarantee people protections from the federal government. They were afraid that the federal government would be too powerful and could slip back into a regime similar to the one they had lived under as British colonies. Only when the Bill of Rights, which enumerated the various civil liberties people are entitled to by law, was added onto the Constitution was it ratified by all 13 colonies.
The group of people who didn't support the Constitution were called Antifederalists. Their main problem with the Constitution was that it didn't have a section that listed their individual rights (Bill of Rights). They also argued that the national government was too strong and were afraid of tyranny. Some even thought that they shouldn't have created a new government. Most Antifederalists were small farmers and debtors. Antifederalists wrote articles and pamphlets and spoke out in state conventions. The articles and pamphlets became known as the Antifederalist Papers.
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The Anti-Federalists opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution because they?
The Anti-Federalists opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution because they were against increasing the power of the national government.
What two groups fought back forth about ratifying the constitution?
The Federalists, who were for the ratification of the Constitution, and the Anti-federalists, who were against the ratification.
Ratification of amendments to the Constitution is a power of the?
Ratification of amendments to the Constitution is a power of the?
Ratification of the constitution a catchy slogan?
In my opinion, a catchy slogan for the ratification of the constitution is, A change for the Good of mankind.
When as the ratification of the constitution signed?
The ratification of the constitution was signed on May 29, 1790. The ratification process had began three years earlier in Rhode Island.
