Compare And Contrast The Views Of The Federalist And Anti-Federalists

The views of the Federalists and the Anti-federalists created clashes and delayed the ratification process. The supporters of the Constitution were called Federalists and they argued a strong government is important to protect people’s rights. Federalists thought a strong government would benefit the nation as a whole. Since most of the federalists were considerably wealthy, the lent money to the government during the revolution. So, they thought the new constitution would help them to get their money back. They had the advantage of spreading their ideas through The Federalist, which complied of essays written by the Federalists encouraging states to support ratification. Conversely, the Anti-federalists were concerned a powerful government

There was a division between the small and the large states on representation in Congress. The New Jersey Plan suggested a Congress with equal representation of all states, despite the population. On the other hand, The Virginia Plan argued that states should have representation according to the population. The solution to this dispute was The Great Compromise, which established two houses or a bicameral Congress. This consisted of House of Representatives which had its representation based on the population. The second house, Senate gave equal representation to states. Slavery was the second issue that led to further debate. The southern states wanted to include slaves in the state’s population since slaves made up a significant portion of the population. In contrast, the northern states argued slaves should not be counted since they could not vote. To solve this disagreement, the convention came up with The Three-Fifth's Compromise, in which three out of every five slaves would be counted as three persons for representing a

They often snatched away lands and offered promises they could not fulfill. So in this new nation now, they want to make sure everyone has justice as it is an inalienable right given by the Creator. We are to preserve that in the nation regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity. Besides from the moral standpoint, the Founders wanted a nation that was free of tyranny. They did not want to be ruled by monarchs, they wanted a nation where leaders represent the interest of people and not oppress them. This was evident when they initially came up with the idea of a weak government, where it did not even have funds for wars. However, this was a failed attempt since such a government could not protect the people’s rights or even pay for wars. So, a new Constitution would have different branches of government to check on each branch from power abuse or corruption. Additionally, the Bill of Rights is a document that sets boundaries on what the government is not allowed to do. Although the Bill of Rights was initiated by the Anti-federalists, it was taken as an important consideration because individual liberty would not be a reality if not for the