Compare And Contrast Federalist And Federalists

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Federalists believed that the constitution offered a good balance of power. They thought it was a careful compromise between various political views. Antifederalists thought that the Constitutional Convention should not have created a new government, they also thought that the Constitution gave too much power to the central government. They thought this because the Constitution did not have a section that guaranteed individual rights. The Federalist Papers were written by, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The Federalist Papers were essays supporting the Constitution, the Federalist Papers tried to reassure Americans that the new federal government would not overpower the states. The Bill of Rights were made up of the 10 amendments