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- Anti-Federalism
Movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the Constitution of 1788
Anti-Federalism was a late-18th-century political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution. The previous constitution, called the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, gave state governments more authority. Led by Patrick Henry of Virginia, Anti-Federalists worried, among other things, that t... Wikipedia
