1. The Anti-Federalist and the Fight for States Rights and Smal
The argued that by keeping the majority of the legal power in the hands of the states ad counties the people would be better served. ... With this mindset the Anti-Federalist did not want to give up their State sovereignty to a new set of rulers. ... The Anti-Federalist believed that instead a system in which representatives where directly elected and served closer to their constituents would result in a system of greater accountability and preservation of personal freedoms. ... Every government must be supported, either by the people having such an attachment to it, as to be ready, when ca...
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