Federalists and Anti-Federalists U.S. History Early American Republic Federalists and Anti-Federalists Questions Who were the Anti-Federalists? Who were the Federalists? Why did the Framers choose a federalist system of government? What were Federalist reasons for supporting ratification of the Constitution? Who were the most important Antifederalists? Which two major political leaders organized the opposition to the Federalists? The policies of which early political party favored banking, business, and a strong federal government? What did the Alien and Sedition Acts do? Why did Federalists want to go to war against France? Who led the Anti-Federalist movement? The Alien and Sedition Acts showed how different which two political parties were? Do you think the Federalists or the Antifederalists had the more valid arguments? How did the Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans differ in their opinion of how the Constitution should be interpreted? Who were the authors of the Federalist Papers? Does the Constitution protect the institutions of government? Why did small states oppose the Virginia Plan? Who wrote the majority of the eighty-five essays in the Federalist? Why did the Antifederalists propose a Bill of Rights? Question #3fac3 What was the purpose of the Federalist papers and who wrote them? Question #e8ba5 Question #27d23 What is the role of government to the Federalist? How did the Federalists argued that the new government created by the Constitution would strengthen and protect the United States? Question #454f9 What is the difference of the views between the Federalists and the Anti-federalists? Early American Republic View all chapters The 13 Colonies Leading up to the Revolution Revolutionary Battles Declaration of Independence Federalists and Anti-Federalists The Constitution and Founding Fathers Prev Next