The Federalists and Anti-Federalists

Federalists and Anti-Federalists
http://library.thinkquest.org/11572/creation/framing/feds.html
1997 Jonathan Chin & Alan Stern

Thesis: The Anti Federalist and the Federalists are two different groups with two different ideas.
The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists are totally 2 different groups of people. The Federalists are the higher class, and the Anti-Federalists are the lower class that make up the working class. The Anti-Federalists don't support a strong government while the Federalist do.

This is what the Anti Federalist believe:

• There was no bill of rights


• The government could not maintain the army


• The congress and executive branch had to much power


• They thought the government was intimidating

This is what the Federalists believe:

• The separation of powers into 3 different branches would protect peoples rights


• More organized in what they were trying to accomplish


• The Bill of Rights was signed and they feel it is important

This connects to the class because we have been talking a lot about peoples rights and this is based on the rights and opinions of the people.

This also has to do a lot with the presidential election. The Democrats and the Republicans want too different things. They each believe in different ways of running the country and that's a lot like how the Federalists and the Anti Federalists are.