USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anti-federalists opposed a strong central government. They preferred a weak central government because they thought that a strong central government would be similar to the British tyranny experienced by the people for all these years.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Anti-Federalists opposed ratification and believed power should be concentrated with the states rather than with the federal government. They worried that a stronger federal government would be prone to tyranny and that the new Constitution did not include adequate protections for the rights of individuals and states.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most powerful objection raised by the Antifederalists, however, hinged on the lack of protection for individual liberties in the Constitution.