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USHistory
ComparisonEssay
9February2015
DoyouknowthesimilaritiesandthedifferencesbetweentheFederalists
andtheAntifederalists?Therearequiteafewdifferencesbutonlyafew
similaritiesbetweenthem.Thefederalistssupporttheconstitutionwhereasthe
AntiFederalistsdonot.
Letsstartwiththesimilaritiesbetweenthetwo.Bothpartieswantedthe
bestforthenationand,
andtheybothbelievedthiscouldbeachievedthrougha
representativedemocracy.
Theyalsobelievedthateverybodyhadnaturalrights
andthateverybodyhadfreedom.
NowtherearemanydifferencesbetweentheFederalistsandtheAnti
Federalists.TheFederalistsbelievedinastrongcentralgovernment,wherethe
AntiFederalistswantedthepowerinthestates.TheFederalistfavoredthe
ConstitutionandtheAntiFederalistsfavoredtheArticlesofConfederation.
WhenitcametotheBillofRights,theFederalistswereagainstitbecausethey
believedthestate'sConstitutiongavethemtheirownrights.Whenitcametothe
AntiFederalistswerefortheBillofRights,becausetheybelievedthestates
Constitutiondidntgivethemenoughrights,thatanationalBillofRightswould
protecttheirlibertiesbetter.
Soasyoucanseethereareafewsimilarities,butmanydifferences
betweenthetwosides.Fromthedocumentsthebelievedandthetypesof
government,theFederalistsandtheAntiFederalistsjustwantedthebest
governmentforournation.