Federalist and Anti federalist
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- Anti Federalist View on the Articles of Confederation
- John HancockWe don't want a nationalized power! We like power to be kept with the states
- Federalist View on the Articles of Confederation
- Alexander HamiltonWe Support the Articles of confederation! They give us power for our central government!
- Federalist view on the Bill of Rights
- Alexander HamiltonThe Bill or Rights lacks the support for individual liberties, and is not specifically stated in our constitution!
- The Anti-Federalists argued against the expansion of national power. They favored small localized governments with limited national authority as was exercised under the Articles of Confederation. Therefore, only a confederacy of the individual states could protect the nation's liberty and freedom.
- Anti Federalist view on Bill or Rights
- John HancockWe support the Bill of Rights, because it protects our national liberties, and we need it for our state powers!
- The Federalists argued Toward the expansion of national power. They favored the power to be kept with a national government, which was exercised by the articles of confederation.
- The End :)
- When challenged over the lack of individual liberties, the Federalists argued that the Constitution did not include a bill of rights because the new Constitution did not vest in the new government the authority to suppress individual liberties.
- Federalists argued that the Constitution did not need a bill of rights, because the people and the states kept any powers not given to the federal government. Anti-Federalists held that a bill of rights was necessary to safeguard individual liberty.
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