At the Constitutional Convention, debates were centered on how strong the chief executive and the national government should be in relation to the states and the people. After the American Revolution, the delegates established the Articles of Confederation. ... Because the lack of a bill of rights in the Constitution, the Anti-Federalists focused almost all of their energies on attacking the Constitution because it did not explicitly guarantee the rights of the people. ... They agreed that a republican government was the only suitable government, but a republic government required the active s...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

At the Constitutional Convention, debates were centered on how strong the chief executive and the national government should be in relation to the states and the people. After the American Revolution, the delegates established the Articles of Confederation. ... Because the lack of a bill of rights in the Constitution, the Anti-Federalists focused almost all of their energies on attacking the Constitution because it did not explicitly guarantee the rights of the people. ... They agreed that a republican government was the only suitable government, but a republic government required the active s...

• Word Count: 1152
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate