Federalist Vs Anti Federalism Essay

Government can be a complicated system to understand, but one thing I have come to notice is it either you are for something or you are against something. One that is known to many is either the Federalist or the Anti-Federalist. To be considered a Federalist, they want a strong national government and were all for the approval of the Constitution to aid the debt and tensions. To be consider an Anti- Federalist, they were people who opposed a strong federal government and were for the Article of Confederation instead. They preferred for the power to remain in the state and local governments. Some major points of disagreement between the Federalist and Antifederalist visions of the United States were central government and important documents.
Federalist want a strong central government because it favored the high class which threatened the state and the common man power that was equally given. In the reading I came to the conclusion that Federalist wanted to increase tax so they could pay for the war that just happen. The taxes and power threaten the common man. Which in a since I do not think is wrong because the war did do a toll on America. Just like stated before Federalist want to strengthen government, and one important person that was in the government was John Marshall. John Marshall, a federalist, “serve as chief justice for several decades and be credited in later years with establishing a strong national judiciary that supported strong actions by the central government to bind the states to federal authority (Frohnen 1803).” He believed in everything that the Federalist believe and was a major influence.
While the Anti-Federalist, wanted the state and local governments to have more power compared to the central government. The Anti-Federalist wanted more power to the local people like the farmers to have a say. This is important as well because not everyone is made of money so people that do have the struggle should have a say as