Federalists

Examples of Federalists in the following topics:

• The First Political Parties: Federalists and Anti-Federalists

  • The winning supporters of ratification of the Constitution were called Federalists, the opponents were called Anti-Federalists.
  • The Federalist Era was a period in American history from roughly 1789-1801 when the Federalist Party was dominant in American politics.
  • The winning supporters of ratification of the Constitution were called Federalists and the opponents were called Anti-Federalists.
  • Alexander Hamilton, secretary of treasury under President George Washington, became a leading Federalist in the Federalist vs.
  • Anti-Federalists debate.

• The Federalist Papers

  • Since Hamilton, Madison, and Jay were considered Federalists, this series of essays became known as The Federalist Papers.
  • One of the most famous Federalist Papers is Federalist No. 10, which was written by Madison and argues that the checks and balances in the Constitution prevent the government from falling victim to factions.
  • Anti-Federalists did not support ratification.
  • Many individuals, such as Patrick Henry, George Mason, and Richard Henry Lee, were Anti-Federalists.
  • The Anti-Federalists had several complaints with the Constitution.

• The Federalists

  • With the passage of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the first Federalist movement and the Anti-Federalist movements eventually dispersed, although many of the original Federalists and Anti-Federalists would play key roles in the formation of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican Parties.
  • While the Federalist movement of the 1780s and the Federalist Party were distinct entities, they were related in more than just a common name.
  • These themes had resonated with the Anti-Federalists, the opposition to the Federalist movement of the 1780s.
  • In short, nearly all of the opponents of the Federalist movement became opponents of the Federalist Party.
  • The Federalist movement reached its zenith with the election of John Adams.

• The "Reign of Witches"

  • The "Reign of Witches" was a descriptive catchphrase used by Democratic-Republicans to criticize the Federalist Alien and Sedition Acts.
  • "The Reign of Witches" is a termed used by Democrat-Republicans to describe the Federalist party and John Adams after the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
  • This legislation, Jeffersonian democrats argued, proved that Federalists were intent on establishing a tyrannical, aristocratic government and would silence the opposition through political persecution.
  • They believed the Federalist party was unconstitutionally developing a tyrannical centralized government.
  • The Federalist-dominated Congress believed that Democrat-Republicans, fueled by the French and French-sympathizing immigrants, posed a subversive threat to the United States.

• The Anti-Federalists

  • As the Federalists moved to amend the Articles, eventually leading to the Philadelphia Convention and drafting of a new Constitution, they dubbed their opposition Anti-Federalists.
  • These so-called Anti-Federalists rejected the term, arguing that they were the true federalists.
  • However, the Federalists prevailed and Anti-Federalist remained the term of choice for all opposed to amending the Articles of Confederation.
  • Anti-Federalists represented diverse, though similar, opinions.
  • Historians gathered the best and most influential of the subsequent articles and speeches into a collection known as the Anti-Federalist Papers, alluding to the well-known Federalist Papers.

• Federalists

  • Federalists supported ratification of the new United States Constitution and published The Federalist Papers to encourage support from the states.
  • This group appropriated the name Federalist.
  • As the Federalists moved to amend the Articles and create a new Constitution, they dubbed their opposition Anti-Federalists.
  • There are many highlights among the essays of The Federalist Papers.
  • This was released that March 2 and titled The Federalist.

• Federalists and Antifederalists

  • Those who favored ratification were known as Federalists,while those who opposed it were considered Anti- Federalists.The Federalists attacked the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
  • Three Federalists—Alexander Hamilton , James Madison, and John Jay—wrote a series of essays called The Federalist Papers.
  • One of the Anti-Federalist's strongest arguments was the Constitution's lack of a Bill of Rights.
  • Many Anti-Federalists were eventually persuaded by the Federalists' arguments.
  • Explain the arguments made by the Federalists and Anti-Federalists over the new U.S.

• The Ratification of the Constitution

  • Those who favored ratification of the Constitution were known as Federalists, while those who opposed it were considered Anti- Federalists.
  • Those who favored ratification were known as Federalists, while those who opposed it were considered Anti-Federalists.
  • The Senate of 11 states included 20 Federalists to two Virginian Anti-Federalists.
  • The House would seat 48 Federalists to 11 Anti-Federalists from only four states: Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, and South Carolina.
  • Compare the political concerns of the Federalist with that of the Anti-Federalist

• The Anti-Federalists

  • As the Federalists moved forward with their efforts to amend the Articles, they applied the term "Anti-Federalist" to this type of opposition.
  • The Anti-Federalists rejected the term, arguing that they were the true Federalists.
  • For example, an unknown Anti-Federalist signed his public correspondence as "A Federal Farmer" and the New York committee opposing the Constitution was called the "Federal Republican Committee. " However, the Federalists prevailed and the name Anti-Federalist stuck to their opposition.
  • The Anti-Federalists played upon these feelings in the ratification convention in Massachusetts.
  • Anti-Federalists are thus credited with pressuring Federalists to concede the U.S.

• The Transfer of Power between the Federalists and the Republicans

  • The Federalists were dominant until the Election of 1800.
  • The Federalists appealed to the business community, the Republicans to the planters and farmers.
  • The Federalists won and the Constitution was ratified; however, the Anti-Federalists remained deeply concerned about the dangers of a strong central government (like Britain) that would one day usurp the rights of the states.
  • It also alienated some original Federalists.
  • Identify the central conflict between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists (Democratic-Republicans)