USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties, given the absence of a bill of rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -Those who supported the Constitution and a stronger national republic were known as Federalists. Those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in favor of small localized government were known as Anti-Federalists.

Detailed explanation-3: -By the early 1790s, newspapers started calling Hamilton supporters “Federalists” and their opponents “Democrats", “Republicans", “Jeffersonians", or-much later-"Democratic-Republicans". Jefferson’s supporters usually called themselves “Republicans” and their party the “Republican Party".

Detailed explanation-4: -The Federalists felt that this addition wasn’t necessary, because they believed that the Constitution as it stood only limited the government not the people. The Anti-Federalists claimed the Constitution gave the central government too much power, and without a Bill of Rights the people would be at risk of oppression.