In the late 1780’s the Federalist and Anti Federalist Parties were the two big political parties. The Federalist Party wanted to pass the Constitution, which led the Federalist Party to write a series of essays that were meant to convince people to become a Federalist. In 1787, James Madison proposed many counterpoints to the Anti Federalists strong opinions against the Constitution in his paper known as Federalist #10. The Anti Federalists believed that the government should be small, and were concerned