Compare And Contrast Federalist And Anti Federalists

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The Federalists created the Constitution we all know today, then called the Federalist Papers, in 1788 to oppose the current Articles of Confederation. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay created The Federalist in New York to publish and introduce the idea of a more centralized government(Federalists, n.d.). Countering the Articles of Confederation and challenging the current government system infuriated the Antifederalists. It infuriated them so much that many of them came together to publish many speeches against adopting the ratification of the Constitution, known as the Anti-Federalist papers. The Anti-Federalist papers were disclosed and private, for everyone involved could get in serious trouble, but Robert Yates, George Clinton, Samuel Bryan, and Richard Henry Lee took the task into their own hands. Federalists would be favorable towards the power that the president and all branches of government have today. Likewise, the Antifederalists would be happy about the Amendments within the Constitution and the way Checks and Balances control the power in the government(Anti-Federalists, n.d.). The executive branch of the United States …show more content…

Publishing the Federalist papers was a very risky and controversial thing to do at the time, and the Articles of confederation would have torn our country apart. The impact that James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay made are unexplainable. The opposition that Robert Yates, George Clinton, Samuel Bryan, and Richard Henry Lee is so courageous that we all remember and respect their decision today. Anti-federalists would be ecstatic with how much this country has taken local issues more seriously whilst federalists would be happy about how powerful our central government has gotten(Anti-Federalists, n.d.)(Federalists,

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