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Alexander Hamilton was on the Federal side and also president of it . He wanted a strong government that would not tolerate any person or country to go do whatever they wanted with the government. Alexander believed in manufacturing was the way to grow the economy and the companies to sell more and grow richer. Hamilton wanted a national bank which meant that the constitution had to be interpreted and be loose. Hamilton wanted a new national government that had complete political authority. He disliked state governments and believed that they should be eliminated entirely. In fact, Hamilton believed that the perfect union would be one in which there were no states at all.

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James madison was a Federalist and worked hard to gain support for the Constitution. To convince the states to ratify the Constitution, Madison and two of his allies wrote a series of political essays called the Federalist Papers. Madison supported the ideas held in the Constitution. He argued in support of a representative government in which citizens vote for government representatives who then vote on laws. He also wrote that the separation of the federal government into three branches and the creation of a system of checks and balances would prevent abuse of power.

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Patrick henry was an outspoken Anti-Federalist. Henry and other Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the 1787 United States Constitution, which created a strong federal government. Patrick Henry worried that a federal government that was too powerful and too centralized could evolve into a monarchy. He was the author of several Anti-Federalist Papers—written arguments by Founding Father's who opposed the U.S. Constitution. While the Anti-Federalists were unable to stop the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, the Anti-Federalist Papers were influential in helping to shape the Bill of Rights. The first 10 Amendments to the United States Constitution, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, protected individual liberties and placed limits on the powers of the federal government.

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Everyone knows about the Federalists who pushed the Constitution. But far less known are the Antifederalists who warned with good reason against the creation of a new centralized government, and just after so much blood had been spilled getting rid of one. The first of the Antifederalist Papers appeared in 1789. The Antifederalists were opponents of ratifying the US Constitution as it would create what would become an overbearing central government. What the Antifederalists predicted would be the results of the Constitution turned out to be true in most every respect. The Antifederalists warned us that the cost Americans would bear in both liberty and resources for the government that would evolve under the Constitution would rise sharply. That is why their objections led to the Bill of Rights, to limit that tendency.

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The Anti-Federalist feared that the president might become like a king. They also feared that the national government would tax people unfairly. The anti-federalist also felt that a Bill of Rights was necessary to guarantee the liberties of the people. The Anti-Federalist wanted the new Constitution to be ratified. States' rights advocates, backcountry farmers, poor farmers, the ill-educated and illiterate, debtors, & paper-money advocates. The anti-federalist believed that there should be 1 vote in Congress for each state.

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The federalist feared that the new republic would collapse because people were defying authority such as in Shay's Rebellion. Federalist believed that a strong central government was the best way to govern our new country. Federalist felt that a Bill of Rights was not necessary because the national government was limited to the powers granted to it in the Constitution. They Believed that the best way to protect people's rights was through a system of representation, separation of powers, and checks and balances. They were Well educated and propertied class. Most lived in settled areas along the seaboard.

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The Federalist, commonly referred to as the Federalist Papers, is a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. The essays were published anonymously, under the pen name "Publius," to ratify the proposed United States Constitution, which was drafted in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. In lobbying for adoption of the Constitution over the existing Articles of Confederation, the essays explain particular provisions of the Constitution in detail. For this reason, and because Hamilton and Madison were each members of the Constitutional Convention, the Federalist Papers are often used today to help interpret the intentions of those drafting the Constitution.

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George Mason played a constructive role in pointing to perceived flaws in the new document and in recommending subsequent amendments. George Mason IV (1725-1792), a Virginia planter, statesman and one of the founders of the United States, is best known for his proposal of a bill of rights at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. As an Anti-Federalist, he believed that a strong national government without a bill of rights would undermine individual freedom. Mason also significantly contributed to other documents that advanced the development of the First Amendment.

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· George Mason played a constructive role in pointing to perceived flaws in the new document and in recommending subsequent amendments. George Mason IV (1725-1792), a Virginia planter, statesman and one of the founders of the United States, is best known for his proposal of a bill of rights at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. As an Anti-Federalist, he believed that a strong national government without a bill of rights would undermine individual freedom. Mason also significantly contributed to other documents that advanced the development of the First Amendment.

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