Sunday, September 21, 2014

Ratification of the Consitution

Ratifying the Constitution was very difficult because nine out of the thirteen states had to approve it. The process lasted two years from 1787 to 1789. During this time America was split into two groups: Federalists who were for the Constitution and Antifederalists who were against it.

Antifederalists thought that the Constitution took too much power away from the people and gave too much power to the federal government. In contrast, Federalists did not want too much democracy and wanted a strong federal government. Federalists thought that the states were lower than the federal government. The Antifederalists disagreed and thought the federal government should be more powerful. The Antifederalists also wanted the Bill of Rights to be included while the Federalists did not think it was necessary.

In the end, the Federalists won the battle over the Constitution. But the Antifederalist had a victory in which they got the Bill of Rights in the Constitution.


2 comments:

  1. I liked how whenever you had an argument for the antifederalists, you had an counter argument for the federalists. I also liked how you stated that in the end, they (anti-federalists/federalists) got what they wanted.

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  2. I like how you compared the anti- federalists and the federalists and included that the anti- federalists wanted the bill of rights to be included, and I like the picture you added.

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