federalists v. anti-federalists
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Federalists v. Anti-Federalists. Bill of Rights Institute August 06, 2007 Artemus Ward Department of Political Science Northern Illinois University & Modified by Mrs. Christy, WYHS. Who Were the Federalists?. Alexander Hamilton James Madison John Jay Wrote the Federalist Papers. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Federalists Federalists v. v.
Anti-Anti-FederalistsFederalists
Bill of Rights InstituteAugust 06, 2007
Artemus WardDepartment of Political ScienceNorthern Illinois University& Modified by Mrs. Christy, WYHS
Who Were the Federalists?Who Were the Federalists?
Alexander Alexander HamiltonHamilton
James MadisonJames Madison John JayJohn Jay Wrote the Wrote the
Federalist Federalist PapersPapers
Who Were the Anti-Who Were the Anti-Federalists?Federalists? George MasonGeorge Mason Patrick HenryPatrick Henry Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson
Anti-FederalistAnti-Federalist
Opposed to stronger national Opposed to stronger national governmentgovernment
Opposed to standing militaryOpposed to standing military Opposed to central government Opposed to central government
power to taxpower to tax Opposed to a Supreme CourtOpposed to a Supreme Court Wanted a Bill of RightsWanted a Bill of Rights Constitution had no mention of GodConstitution had no mention of God
The Two-Party SystemThe Two-Party System FederalismFederalism FederalistFederalist
– Favored a broad Favored a broad interpretation of interpretation of the Constitution & the Constitution & strong nat’l gov’tstrong nat’l gov’t
Anti-Federalist Anti-Federalist (Democratic-(Democratic-Republican Party)Republican Party)– Strict Strict
interpretation of interpretation of the Constitution & the Constitution & state’s rightsstate’s rights
Further ReadingFurther Reading The Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers The Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers
have been collected in numerous forms have been collected in numerous forms including cheap paperback versions and including cheap paperback versions and now on-line for free.now on-line for free.
Some Secondary Sources:Some Secondary Sources:– Amar, Akhil Reed. 2005. Amar, Akhil Reed. 2005. America's Constitution: America's Constitution:
A BiographyA Biography. New York: Random House. . New York: Random House. – Chernow, Ron. 2004. Chernow, Ron. 2004. Alexander HamiltonAlexander Hamilton. New . New
York: Penguin Books.York: Penguin Books.– Storing, Herbert J. 1981. Storing, Herbert J. 1981. What the Anti-What the Anti-
Federalists Were For: The Political Thought of Federalists Were For: The Political Thought of the Opponents of the Constitutionthe Opponents of the Constitution. Chicago: . Chicago: University of Chicago Press. University of Chicago Press.