USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anti-Federalists were concerned about excessive power of national government. The Anti-Federalists included small farmers and landowners, shopkeepers, and laborers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Almost immediately upon the adjournment of the Convention and the publication of the Constitution, people divided themselves into two groups: those favoring ratification were called Federalists and those opposed to ratification were known as Anti-federalists.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Anti-Federalists opposed the new Constitution. The Anti-Federalist camp included its own list of Founding-era heavyweights-including Virginia’s George Mason, Patrick Henry, and Richard Henry Lee; Massachusetts’s Samuel Adams, Elbridge Gerry, and Mercy Otis Warren; and New York’s powerful Governor George Clinton.