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  1. May 11, 2018 · Anti-Federalists, in American history, opponents of the adoption of the federal Constitution. Leading Anti-Federalists included George Mason [1], Elbridge Gerry [2], Patrick Henry [3], and George Clinton [4].

  2. Among the Antifederalists were prominent revolutionaries such as Virginia Governor Patrick Henry and state delegate Richard Henry Lee. Others like Elbridge Gerry and George Mason had been champions of the revolution but were now taking aim at the proposals for upending the confederation.

  3. The First Party System was primarily built around foreign policy issues that vanished with the defeat of Napoleon and the compromise settlement of the War of 1812. Furthermore, the fears that Federalists were plotting to reintroduce aristocracy dissipated.

  4. Public opposition to the proposed new government began immediately after the release of the Constitution on September 17, 1787, and was preceded by private objections expressed at the Constitutional Convention and in letters between leaders knowledgeable about what was going on in Philadelphia.

  5. Saul Cornell. The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism & the Dissenting America, 1788-1828. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina. xvi + 327 pp. Appendixes and index. $55.00 (cloth); $19.95. Saul Cornell has been studying Anti-Federalist thought for decade.

  6. The men who opposed the Constitution's unconditional ratification in 1787–1788 were called Anti-Federalists, although they claimed to be the true federalists and the true republicans.

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