MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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The power of the executive branch should be held by the President
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The Constitution forbids creating titles like Duke or King, so the government belongs to the people.
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A strong national government is necessary for the success of the nation.
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The Constitution makes it possible for the central government to overpower the states, so it should not be ratified.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Federalists battled for adoption of the Constitution They favored weaker state governments, a strong centralized government, the indirect election of government officials, longer term limits for officeholders, and representative, rather than direct, democracy.
Detailed explanation-2: -fears that Congress might seize too many powers under the necessary and proper clause; concerns that republican government could not work in a land the size of the United States; and their most successful argument against the adoption of the Constitution-the lack of a bill of rights to protect individual liberties.
Detailed explanation-3: -Federalists argued that the Constitution did not need a bill of rights, because the people and the states kept any powers not given to the federal government. Anti-Federalists held that a bill of rights was necessary to safeguard individual liberty.
Detailed explanation-4: -Federalists defended the Constitution’s strengthened national government, with its greater congressional powers, more powerful executive, and independent judiciary. They argued that the new government supported the principles of separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism.