Compare And Contrast Federalist And Anti Federalists

Emily Watermasysk

After the independence of the United States was gained, the debate for an overall power between the colonies began. There were the federalists, and then the opposing side of the anti federalists. The federalist fought for the idea of needing a constitution, and one group that had a majority power over all of the states. While on the other hand the anti federalists believed in state power, and did not support some of the constitutions policies. This could be seen through disagreements from slavery, how much power the states get, and to how the president should be elected. While the southern delegates, commonly anti federalists wanted to protect slavery, the federalists commonly were opposing the practice of slavery. The

Document B provides the supporting ideas of how the use of a bill of rights would not be able to sustain America. Hamilton explains how the bill of rights would not do a well enough job of protecting its peoples liberties and freedoms. Vaguely defining the rights of a whole country of people can lead to harmful misinterpretations or blatant violations of any laws that are being imposed. Instead there needed to be a more strict and set document of laws that the colonies will follow, allowing the people of America to be protected, which the constitution can do. The idea of a misinterpretation of laws can be seen in famous cases such as Roe V. Wade, as abortion had been a recurring issue of the interpretation of laws where there was no specification. Document A further proves the idea that the bill of rights would do more harm than positivity to the colonies. The purpose of Document A was to convince the people of America that the bill of rights would not protect them, but instead would be a danger to them. Hamilton says that there is no real purpose for the bill of rights, as it would not positively affect anyone, and would instead further endanger the rights of Ameircans. The bill of rights would propose unnecessary limitations on its citizen’s rights that the bill of rights would not even grant them in the first

Federalist 70 (Doc F), proves that a President is essential to a good government because having one chief executive will unify the colonies better than having multiple. By having multiple chief executive’s a dispute may occur between them leaving unresolved issues which would make the country more vulnerable. The intended audience of this document was primarily the people of New York and anti federalists, as this paper was written by Alexander Hamilton. He was trying to get New Yorkers to ratify the constitution that the federalists had presented to the United States, and was trying to get the anti federalists to be persuaded to switch sides and support the federalists beliefs. George Washington, who served as America's first president was a great example of the beliefs that Hamilton shared in Federalist 70. Washington was a well liked, and well respected man who almost everyone, federalist or anti federalist admired. This is why he was such a good president and he was able to mediate discourses throughout the government, and unite and strengthen the country. By using this information, document F is able to disprove the claims given in document G. With a president, liberty and the freedoms of the people will be able to be better moderated as the president will serve directly for the people. Throughout any governmental affairs the president will serve