Today, September 20, 2012, the class was divided into Federalists and Anti-federalists. Paring up with someone on the same side of the argument we worked together to determine the leaders of the group, the biggest argument for that side and analyzed quotes from the key players. On the Federalist side; Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay declared the key factors in the ratification of the Constitution consisted of:
1.without a strong national government, anarchy would triumph.
2.only strong national government could protect the new nation from enemies abroad and solve the countries problems.
3.Bill of Rights is unnecessary since 8 states already had such bills
4. United States needs a strong central government to survive.
On the Anti-Federalist side, Patrick Henry and Brutus established the key arguments against the ratification of the Constitution:
1.Constitution lacks a Bill of Rights
2. Strong national government might take away human rights won in the revolution
3.Strong, central government have been debilitating to other countries.
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