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Ratifying the Constitution

Ratifying the Constitution. Federalists vs. Anti- Federalists. Federalists Supported the Constitution Believed division of power and system of checks and balances would keep the national government from becoming tyrannical

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Ratifying the Constitution

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  1. Ratifying the Constitution

  2. Federalists vs. Anti- Federalists • Federalists • Supported the Constitution • Believed division of power and system of checks and balances would keep the national government from becoming tyrannical • Included James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington and John Jay • Madison, Hamilton, and Jay wrote The Federalist Papers to sway public opinion about the Constitution

  3. Federalists vs. Anti- federalists • Anti- Federalists • Opposed the strong central government created by the Constitution • Believed the Constitution should include a Bill of Rights to protect individual liberties • Included Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson and Samuel Adams • Lee wrote Letters from a Federal Farmer, detailing the problems the Anti- Federalists had with the Constitution

  4. Ratification • Because of strong opposition, the framers of the Constitution agreed to add a Bill of Rights as soon as the Constitution was ratified • The Constitution was ratified in 1788 and the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791

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