"America needed integration, not state rights"

"the immediate peril was not tyranny but disorder or dissolution"

"the right to tax was essential to any government."

the 1st and 6th post-colonial Governor of Virginia

• Born: 29 May 1736, Studley, Virginia, United States

  Died: 6 June 1799 (age 63 years), Patrick Henry's Red Hill, Virginia, United States

He owned 67 Slaves

Founding Father of the United States

Accused of treason

Anti-Federalist-Later switched and supported - he felt that it gave to much power to the hands of a national Gov as such his influence helped construct the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing personal freedoms and limits of constitutional power

"The federalists claimed that the opposers of the Constitution... shared no common principles... This is an exaggeration"

"There was more agreement about many points of opposition to the Constitution than might appear at first glance"

-Anti-federalist writing

-Wrote about how antifederalists believed that republics were most likely to succeed as small political entities where the government could consist of delegates selected from the people.

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Alexander Hamilton was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency.

The Federalists, led by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, wanted a strong central government, while the Anti-Federalists, led by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, advocated states' rights instead of centralized power.

Alexander Hamilton was a strong advocate for the Federalist party and believed in a stronger centralized government to promote economic growth and stability.

Born 1958

dunno if he's dead or not

believed that federalists persuaded themselves that America's situation had changed dramatically since 1176 (declaration of independence). they embraced the idea of nationhood and looked forward with anticipation on developing a 'republican empire'

believing that power was not enemy of liberty but is what guarantor

"[Under the Constitution] the people surrender nothing"

''We the people of the United States, to secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the Untied States of America"

Feared that the prioritises of the states would take second fiddle to national priorities

They believed it would become an aristocracy.

"We should have been glad to snatch up anything that looked like a government."

"Even if it had been a monarch"