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federalists vs anti federalists

llow congress to make laws that help out the government in the area ofexecution of foreign powers.The view of the anti-federalists were obviously different. They believedthat the power given to the congress was not safe since it put them too much incontrol. Hence they created the Bill of Rights to "establish justice, ensure domestictranquillity and provide for the common defense..." The anti-federalists feared that theactual people would not be fairly represented by their new government since they would havethe power to get rid of the individual rights of the people. The Bill of Rights claimsit is for and by the people. Especially since America is so large, it does not ensureeveryone's opinion would be heard. Many people did not like the idea of having representativesfrom each state because one man can not bring forth many different opinions. Anti-federalistsbelieve that liberty only is present when there are few people and they can actuallyget their voice projected. In a large population, like America, the citizens do not getindividual freedom and are deprived of their rights.Yet, Madison a federalist stated that in a small republic, tyranny could bemuch more assessable since it would be easier to dominate others. Unlike in alarge republic which is made up of many views where as it is less chance that a few candominate others. Even in individual states it is easy to elect officials since people can beeasily controlled when there aren't many people. In other word, the more the people, the lesschance of bribery and inducement. Another benefit of a larger republic is that therewould be a variety of people representing them and their would be many candidates to pickfrom. Ensuring the highest quality government. In a small republic, options wouldbe very select making it an unfair election.Besides finding officials to best represent the people, there were many othercontroversial topics that faced the American people. The topic of taxationbro...

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