Federalists or Anti-Federalists

Federalists vs . Anti-Federalists

The debate between federalists and anti-federalists ensued before the ratification of the US constitution on 1787 four years after America officially gained its independence from England in the Treaty of Paris Before the US constitution was adopted , America was a loose association of sovereign and independent states joined together through the Articles of Confederation on 1777 . Following the war , the main purpose of the constitution was to declare the birth of a new sovereign nation made up of the different states with a defined territory and a single

government , the United States of America . As stated in the preamble the constitution was established by the people to form a more perfect union ' of the states

While the dispute between the Federalists and Anti-federalists can now be considered an obsolete issue especially with the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the current US constitution as an amendment , I submit to the more overriding importance of community and national goals as advocated by the Federalists than the stress on individual rights as proposed by the Anti-federalists before the constitution was ratified

After gaining independence , the US confederacy needed to strengthen their unity as a single entity instead of a mere firm league of friendship ' by creating a national or central government to which state governments are subordinated . Because the confederacy only ensures equal status of each state , there is a great potential for the different states to compete against each other in pursuing their individual or local interests...