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May10th,2017
Changebringsdebate.Someofthemostimportant,rich,educatedandaffluentmeninthe
colonies joined to revise the Articles of Confederation, little did they know it would lead to
giving rebirth to a nation, through a Constitution. The journey to this event was filled with
multiple disagreements and months of debates. A controversial argument of the era was known
powerful arguments, and both had some points of weaknesses. Both parties wanted the best for
their country but their position on certain issues would oppose each other. The result of this
Federalists were the winners after fighting every argument of the opposing party andreachinga
compromise.(Biggs2016Zitko2017Bardes2017)
problem. The Articles of Confederation were failing in certain points that could be summarized
with the lack of a centralized unit. It is referred as a unit because there was an issue with the
to improve the way the country was being managed. Unexpectedly this ended up being a
convention that eventually led to a new type of government being created. Along with this, the
Federalists were also born. This group could be seen as the Nationalists of the colonies, yet
instead, they landed on a different name: Federalists. The opposite party consequently was
labeled the AntiFederalists, which unconsciously gave them a disadvantage. (Biggs 2016
Berkin2016Bardes2017)
TodivideandconquercanbeconsideredasthephilosophytheAntiFederalistshadwhile
on most of their issues but the centralized or national government to be involved in situations
where unity was equivalent to strength. The issues of more magnitude such as foreign relations
should be a task of the Federal government. Other issues that could be treated within the states
such as health and education should be independent of the states. These arguments were a
strength for their party because it gave the states more freedom and independence. After the
independence from Britain, most Americans wanted to be more different than the British, they
wantedtobefurtherfromamonarchy.(Bardes2017Pinheiro2010)
The AntiFederalists were aware of the lack of liberty and protection individuals may
have. The constitution was lacking a Bill of Rights, which was a vast necessity to the citizens.
The constitution was not able to protect its people, but instead, it would give more power to
is their strongest argument and this was the argument that made the final decision. Other
arguments were based around on the fact that a centralized, too powerful government was
dangerous to the states and would eventually lead the nation to failure. While trying to prove
right every point above and fight its counterparty, the AntiFederalists were questioning The
Framers who gave them the authority to overrule and throw the Articles of Confederation.
(Pinheiro2017)
The Federalists were a more organized group of people. They had constant secret
meetings and they were very prepared to back up their arguments. Alexander Hamilton, James
Madison and John Jay took the time to write 85 essays to the people of New York City to
convince them that the Constitution and a centralized unified government was the best way to
Roman Empire.TocounterthefamousandinfluentialFederalistpapers,theAntiFederalistsalso
published their own essays but they were not as influential. They did not receive the outcome
they expected and that really weakened their party. The Federalist papers gave a significant
strength to their supporters since every argument was well backed up with an essay. They were
an insight on the constitution and allowed people to see through the minds of the people
stratifying the American government. This is throughly demonstrated by some of the most
popular papers Federalist 51 and Federalist 10. Although it is incorrect to frame thesepapersas
2016)
The needofprotectionandsafetyisstatedinthePreambleoftheConstitution,meaningit
was one of the most important issues to tackle when creating the Constitution itself. The
possible foreign attacks. But the safety of the people of America against dangers from foreign
it need not be observed that there are pretended as well as just causes of war. John Jay
Federalist 4, 1897. This demonstrated the fear ofvulnerabilitytheFederalistshad,whichwasan
opposite view from the AntiFederalists. The Articles of Confederation made the Federalists
(Jay1897Pinheiro2010)
"Order is the first need for any society, only then can liberty and justice be reasonably
secure." Russell Kirk. This was a conflict of priorities amongst the Federalist and
AntiFederalists. Federalists had the priority of order and AntiFederalists of liberty. As Robert
government could use which made them more powerful than needed and that could be feared.
(Yates1897Pinheiro2010,Biggs2016)
After monthsofapacificbattleamongstbothgroups,theConstitutionfinallywasratified
this was the biggest battle the AntiFederalists were fighting it was worth it for them togiveup
everyotherargumentiftheyweregivenaBillofRights.(Berkin2016)
The Constitutionwasbornbecauseofmanywrongreasonsbutyetitwasnecessaryandit
with Britain and the Monarchy influenced the views of many citizens at the time, and both
groupshaddifferentprioritiesjustasdifferentfearsandconcernsforthenation.Nationaldefense
and the economy were also crucial issues that determined the position ofmanypeople.Afterall
promiseallowedbothpartiestowin.
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