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Compare and Contrast between Federalism to Anti-Federalism

Introduction

Federalism is defined as a political concept that is based on a group of members bounded together by an agreement made with the head of governing representative. The term federalism also describes a system of government which has the sovereignty constitutionally divided between the constituent political units including provinces and states and a central governing authority. The system of federalism is based on the democratic institutions and rules which shares the authority of governing among state/provincial and national governments, and establishing system that is termed as a federation. The proponents of federation are often called federalists (Turner, 2004.pp.105-153).

The term anti-federalism defines a movement that is against the establishment of a powerful U.S. federal government and which further went against the approval of the Constitution of 1787. More authority was offered to the state governments in last constitution which is named as the Articles of Confederation. That constitution was led by Patrick Henry of Virginia, it made Anti-Federalists concerned about the position of president and about a novelty that has the possibility to change into a monarchy (Siemers, 2004.pp.213-245).

Discussion

The establishment of the Constitution involved detailed discussions and cooperation, and it was observed at its completion that there were still some delegates who did not seem to be satisfied with it. The main task of setting up the concerns of Confederate government had not accomplished yet; it was the responsibility for each state to approve or authorize the Constitution. People were actually divided into two different groups, known as the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. Both of them had a worth examining perspective based on sound reasoning (Turner, 2004.pp.105-153).

It was supposed to be the main aim for the Anti-Federalists that not to approve the Constitution. Their argument was based on the following points:

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