There was a lot of anti federalist things going on. But there was two differences between Federalist and Anti-Federalist. Now for Federalist it was about how the people that were agreeing with the Constitution these people were called the federalist people. These people included George Washington, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. ... It was said by Madison from the people that he went around and ask people were they in fear of federal government. ...

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Federalist who supported the constitution and Anti-Federalist who didn't support it. Anti -Federalist argued that it needed a Bill of Rights. While the Federalist said that with out A strong national government political disorder would result, they agreed to add a Bill of Rights as the first order of business under the new government. Bill of Rights 1791 After George Washington became president James Madison introduced A set of ammendements at the first session of congress, Congress Approved 12 amendments and the states ratified 10 of them. Virginia Plan 1787 ...

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Helped James Madison with declaration of rights, which in time (June 1789) became the Bill of rights and was added to the constitution. ... By 1792 it was clear that Federalist followed Hamilton and republicans Jefferson. ... Jefferson only promised to bring back the nation to the path of freedom from which it had strayed under the federalist guidance. ... Had James Madison as his secretary of state, and Albert Gallatin as secretary of treasury. ... The corrupt Judiciary system was attacked by Jefferson. 16 circuit courts were left without federalists judges, exactly what Jefferson wanted...

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"The practice of many States in restricting the commercial intercourse with other states, and putting their productions and manufactures on the same footing with those of foreign nations is certainly adverse to the spirit of the Union" (James Madison, Vices of the Political System of the United States). ... People divided into two groups, the Federalists and Antifederalists. Federalists were supporters of the constitution, while the Anti-Federalists were against it. Anti-Federalists wanted a weaker government with less powers than the Constitution proposed. ... Since the Anti-Federal...

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Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Gerry was born on July 17, 1744 in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He was the third of twelve children. His mother was the daughter of a Boston merchant and his dad was a wealthy politician and merchant .Gerry attended Harvard where he studied to be a physician, but after he g...

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He was an extreme Federalist partisan and one of President Thomas Jefferson's most severe critics. ... He was very critical of the foreign policy pursued by Jefferson and James Madison and their alleged hospitality to Great Britain. ...

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Jefferson expressed in a letter to James Madison that he liked much of the Constitution and agreed that the greater house should be chosen by the people, yet he felt that the people would choose persons not qualified to legislate. ... Thomas Jefferson considered himself neither Federalist nor Anti-Federalist. ... Jefferson felt that because he opposed some of the Federalists ideas and many more of the Anti-federalists ideas that he could not be grouped with either party or in between the parties. ...

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They knew slavery was wrong but as James Madison wrote in 1787, "Great as the evil of slavery is, a dismemberment of the union would be worse." ... He feared if the Federalists were able to wipe free speech they could eventually deny other god given rights declared by the constitution. ...

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