1. Powers that Anti-Federalists opposed was the fact that the state government would no longer have as much power as it used to have with the Article of Confederation. The Constitution of 1787 maintained the idea of having a strong and powerful central government. The Congress had the ability to tax colonists, make laws, and regulations according to document two. By using liberty as their main argument, the Anti-Federalists were afraid that their freedom and rights would be taken away because the Federalists had the idea that Congress had powers at a great extent and could take them anytime they desired.
2. The Members of the House of Representatives were chosen every two years by the colonists in America, and the number of representatives…show more content… Anglos who lived beyond the boundaries of the thirteen colonies felt that the Constitution needed to include the Declaration of Right and a Bill of Rights. The Anglos have nothing to surrender to. But they do feel that the liberty of press should change because it has done nothing and has no power. Native Americans were not protected by the constitution because they were excluded from protection. Henry Quaquaquid and Robert Ashpo made a portion to the Connecticut Assembly for help on May 1789. According to article 9, their statement "was an extended metaphor of how communal tribal ways had succumbed to individual acquisitives." By saying this, they feel that the Constitution should protect them no matter what, even in severe hardships. African Americans living in the colonies felt that they did not have equal liberties and rights. The citizen in article 9 states that he wishes for all the humans of every color be happy for their creation. Everyone, including Africans were designed for a purpose to be on Earth, and the use of labor seemed harsh because the islands in the West-Indies needed many slaves to “produce” their lands. The Constitution states that everyone has equal liberty of what is right and what is wrong with themselves, the African-Americans feel that the constitution is not doing its job. The large state plan was very successful with the states that had a large population because the more people they had, the more powerful they became due to the bicameral Legislature that selected the number of the representatives due to the state's population. States with small populations had a unicameral house which meant that all states would have the same amount of representatives no matter what their population was. The small states felt that they gained power from it. The smaller states ratified the Constitution which they felt gave them more