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POLI DISCUSSION
Comparison of the visions of Federalists and Anti Federalists
Federalists are the coalition of a diverse group of people who resisted to change the constitution, though they were less organized than the Federalists. They had tremendous and influential leadership groups included certain prominent leaders of the state politics. Their political elites included James Winthrop, Patric Henry, and Melancton Smith. On the other hand, the anti-federalists had the vision to change the constitution and implement the decentralized government system. They believed that states should have the rights to make their laws and enforce according to their local context.
Though federalists had strong vision and arguments, they were not able to fight with anti-federalists. The first constitution of the country called as Article of confederation in 1781, was the first national law. However, it had many flaws, for instance, according to this constitution the federal government was empowered and had weakened the states level government the country. The Federalists had a more innovative plan, and most of the renowned political leaders of that era had supported the federalism. In 1790 the constitution was passed, that proved the victory of Federalists, however, the anti-federalists continued their struggle and passed the Bill of Rights. The Federalists' movement started in the 1780s to pass the constitution that would support the federal level government. While the Republican Party opposed it and emphasized the threats that national level government will exploit the freedom and liberties of the people.
I believe in the decentralized political system, where every state should make its constitution according to their needs and the local problems and challenges. A highly centralized government could not produce better results, government, power, and authorities should be transferred to the local people. However, the federal government should unite all states through certain amendments. The autonomy and freedom of state will make it independent, self-sufficient, and could efficiently utilize its resources.
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