They believed that "power was no longer the problem; liberty was. Executives were no longer the majority threat; legislatures were" (Miroff 27). ... To the Anti-Federalists, liberty meant that you had a say in what was going on, and there is no supreme ruler or force that is telling you what to do. ... The Anti-Federalists proclaimed that with this Constitution, there is no regulation on how much the federal government can tax the citizens and leaves the states with not as much revenue to collect. ... In Federalist Papers 10 and 51, Madison and Hamilton talked about a representative govern...

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The states wanted a Confederation with a unicameral congress, which caused the government to be weak, There was no executive branch and no national court system, which made it hard for people To follow the law, but in order to change this all states had to be present to vote. ... 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 o...

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