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these people believed that the government in the states had too much power and they thought the federal government should have more power than the states
-jamie darnell

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“that the supreme legislative power within this state shall be vested in two separate and distinct bodies of men, the one to be called the assembly, and the other to be called the senate of the state of New York, who together shall form the legislature.”
- jamie darnell

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Anti-Federalists were afraid that the federal government would be much stronger and overpower the state government

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Anti-Federalists were afraid that the federal government would be much stronger and overpower the state government

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Mariah Smith

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Aidan Cahir

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"It is...evident that this state, by adopting the new government, will enervate their legislative rights, and totally surrender into the hands of Congress..."

Ammar C.

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"Madison also defends the “necessary and proper” clause and the supremacy clause of the Constitution as essential to give “efficacy” to all the other powers and provisions granted to the national government in the Constitution."
The powers given to the national government are necessary for the country.

Aidan Cahir

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" Nor will it solve any difficulties, if the United States guarantee “to every state in the union a republican form of government;” we may be allowed the form and not the substance, and that it was so intended will appear from the changing the word constitution to the word form and the omission of the words, and its existing laws."

~ Drew Henry

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"From this contrast it appears that the general government, when completely organized, will absorb all those powers of the state which the framers of its constitution had declared should be only exercised by the representatives of the people of the state"
They believe the new constitution is taking the powers away from the people and giving them to the national government.

Aidan Cahir

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"The state governments are considered...as mere dependencies, existing solely by its toleration, and possessing powers of which they may be deprived whenever the general government is disposed so to do."
Federalists believe that state governments were too strong and it was simply tolerated by the people. They believe the state governments didn't need that much power and that the federal government should be stronger and have more power.
Mariah Smith

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"This government was intentionally kept weak, since Americans were pretty paranoid about the concept of a strong central government after their revolution against one. "

Shynae Deas

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" The Federalists supported the new constitution, and encouraged the people to ratify it through a collection of 85 coordinated essays known as the Federalist Papers."
Shynae Deas

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"...the powers of the state government will be either totally or partially absorbed..."
The anti-federalists were very against taking away the powers of the state for a stronger federal government because of the fear the federal government  would become too strong and controlling.

Mariah Smith