ANTI-FEDERALISM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Federalism
Anti-Federalism was a late-18th century 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 the position of president, then a novelty, might evolve into a monarchy. Though the Constitution was ratified and supplanted the Articles of Confederation, Anti-Federalist influence helped lead to the passage of the United States Bill of Rights.
Major points
They believed the Constitution needed a Bill of Rights.true
They believed the Constitution created a presidency so powerful that it would become a monarchy. =Almost happened==
They believed the Constitution did too little with the courts and would create an out-of-control judiciary.happened
They believed that the national government would be too far away from the people and thus unresponsive to the needs of localities.happened
They believed the Constitution would abrogate, at least in part, the power of the states.[1]happened
History
During the American Revolution and its immediate aftermath, the term federal was applied to any person who supported the colonial union and the government formed under the Articles of Confederation. After the war, the group that felt the national government under the Articles was too weak appropriated the name Federalist for themselves. Historian Jackson Turner Main wrote, "to them, the man of 'federal principles' approved of 'federal measures,' which meant those that increased the weight and authority or extended the influence of the Confederation Congress."[2]
As the Federalists moved to amend the Articles, eventually leading to the Constitutional Convention, they applied the term anti-federalist to their opposition. The term implied, correctly or not, both opposition to Congress and unpatriotic motives. The Anti-Federalists rejected the term, arguing that they were the true Federalists. In both their correspondence and their local groups, they tried to capture the term. For example, an unknown anti-federalist signed his public correspondence as "A Federal Farmer" and the New York committee opposing the Constitution was called the "Federal Republican Committee." However the Federalists carried the day and the name Anti-Federalist forever stuck.
Notable Anti-Federalists
Patrick Henry[8] Thomas Jefferson[8] Samuel Adams[9]
George Mason[8] Richard Henry Lee[10][11] Robert Yates[11]
James Monroe[8] Amos Singletary[12] Mercy Otis Warren[13][11]
James Warren George Clinton[14] Melancton Smith[8]
James Winthrop[8] Luther Martin[15] Samuel Bryan
The Ordeal of the Constitution: The Antifederalists and the Ratification
Struggle of 1787-1788
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Ordeal_of_the_Constitution.html?id=mqQj501JO18C