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The anti-federalists were the exact opposite as the federalists. They wanted all of the power to reside with the states and not the federal government. Anti-federalists were against the Constitution and wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation. This was not the most popular view, but it was an important one, showing that our country is almost never gonna stand together.

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The federalists agreed with the idea of the Constitution. They thought that America needed a strong central government if they ever wanted to be a successful country and thrive. They actively worked to make the Constitution as good as possible and to get it ratified as soon as possible. The federalists wanted to make the United States a strong country.

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In the convention, there was still one group that disagrees with the whole idea of throwing out The Articles of Confederation. They thought the Constitution was the government's attempt to take away the states power completely. These were the anti-federalists. But the federalist were the people that agreed with the Constitution and wanted the government to be strong.

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Once again they found themselves looking for a compromise, and they eventually found one. The South agreed to let the North control trade on one condition, they had to wait 20 years before discussing the Slave Trade. The North also agreed to this, assuming that the need for slaves would slowly trickle away before the 20 years was up. The north was mistaken, due to the invention of the Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney greatly increased production of cotton, which meant the South needed more slaves.

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Another argument brought up in the Constitutional Convention was trade. The North strongly believed that they should control trade because they were more industrial than the South. And the South disagreed. knowing that the North disliked the Slave Trade, the South figured that Northern delegates would move to ban the Slave Trade and bring the South's economy crashing. So for obvious reasons they disagreed.

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The 3/5 Compromise was simple. It gave both the North and the South 3/5 of what they wanted. This meant only 3 out of every 5 slaves counted towards the population, but the South could only be taxed on every 3 out of 5 slaves. The two sides agreed to this relizing that this was the only solution.

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The south thought slaves should count as citizens so they could boost their population. With a representative part of congress based on population, the South was trying to up their numbers. They argued that slaves should count as people, but they should not have to pay taxes on them because they were "property".

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The North completely disagreed. They knew if slaves counted towards population they would be at a major disadvantage in the House of Representatives. So the North argued that if slaves were "property" then they should not count towards population, but the south would still have to pay taxes on them. Which would force the North to pay less tax money.

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Another issue in the Constitutional convention was slaves. The South wanted and needed the slaves for its economy while the North thought it was inhumane. So when it came to slaves arguements got very heated, especially when it came to wheter slaves should be counted as citizens or not. This is whatis known as the 3/5 compromise.

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The Great Compromise was the middle ground between both. All it did was combine the two plans. it had the same three branches with the same rules, but representation was based off population and equality. The Senate has two representatives for every state and the House of Representatives was based off population.

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The New Jersey Plan, proposed by William Patterson, was for the small states. It called for the same type of government as the Virginia Plan with three branches and checks and balances. The only difference was the small states wanted representation to be equal for every state so the big states were equal to the small states.

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The Large States all agreed on the Virginia Plan proposed by James Madison. This stated that there would be three branches of the government, with one person over all of it, or a president. These branches would be the executive, the president, legislative, the Congress, and the judicial branch which would be a supreme court. All three branches would have specific powers so that one couldn't take over and they would balance out. It also called for representation according to population which the small states disagreed with.

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One problem with the Constitutional Congress was the Large States vs. the Small States. This was shown in the Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, and the Great Compromise.

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In 1787 the United States selected 55 delegates from the 13 Colonies to attend the Constitutional Convention. Their goal was to create a new constitution for the colonies to live under, because the Articles of Confederation were not working. George Washington attended the meeting only to be the President of it, and keep order. The delegates met in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The convention had many issues between the states, but eventually they were al resolved making the Constitution.