Gov Unit 1 Federalists / Anti

What ideal did the Antifederalists find the Constitution lacked?

• Representative government 
• Social Contract 
• Individual rights
• Economic freedom

This was an argument of the Federalists.

• For the Ohio Plan
• For a strong national government
• For a Bill of Rights
• Against a strong national government

Why did Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison write the Federalist Papers?

• As Antifederalists, they wanted people to understand the weakness of the new Constitution.
• They wrote the articles to help people to appreciate the Antifederalist arguments.
• They wrote the articles in defense of the new Constitution.
• They wanted people to know that the Federalists were more intellectual than the Antifederalists.

This group supported the ratification of the Constitution 

• Federalists 
• Antifederalists 

This group opposed the ratification of the Constitution 

• Federalists 
• Antifederalists 

Who said it: “It must be by this time evident to all men…that (the Articles of Confederation) is a system so radically vicious and unsound as to admit….an entire change.”   

• Federalists 
• Antifederalists 

Who said it:  "I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire."

• Federalists 
• Antifederalists 

Who said it:   “I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground – that all powers not delegated (given) to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states, or to the people….”

• Federalists 
• Antifederalists 

Who said it:   “The national government would be so good at protecting the rights of the people that it would soon gain their loyalty and support.”

• Federalists 
• Antifederalists 

Who said it:   "A bill of rights...serves to secure the minority against the usurpation and tyranny of the majority."

• Federalists 
• Antifederalists