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This 5 page paper discusses some of the disagreements between the Federalists and anti-Federalists revealed in the documents of the time. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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something of a shock to find that Americans fought against the British, quarreled among themselves, and went through a period of tremendous upheaval in order to establish the new nation.
This paper examines some of the issues that came between the Federalists and anti-Federalists, with support from John Rakoves book Declaring Rights. Discussion We begin with a look at an
early document that set out the colonies grievances, the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, dated October 14, 1774. In this document, the Congress lists the grievances it
has against England with regard to the various measures Parliament had imposed on the colonies, including unfair taxation and illegally dissolving assemblies; then it lists its resolves (Rakove). Among other
things, the Continental Congress states that people have certain rights, and that among them are the right to life, liberty and property, which they have never ceded to any government
(Rakove). Thus, in 1774, the words are written that will become familiar as the agonizing progression towards liberty begins. If we take the selected documents in chronological order (were
dealing mostly with correspondence between Madison and Jefferson), the next one is the State House Speech by James Wilson, October 6, 1787. Wilson is speaking in Philadelphia, telling people what
happened at the Constitutional Convention, and trying to reassure them that the new federal government still leaves a great deal of power to the states; in his words, " everything
which is not reserved, is given" (Rakove). This is one of the biggest arguments, if not the biggest, that takes place at this time; namely, how much power will be
concentrated in the central federal government and how much will remain to the states. This question rears its ugly head again, with a vengeance, in the Civil War that breaks
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