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AP U.S. Government 3.1 Constitutional Foundations 208 Views
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AP U.S. Government 3.1 Constitutional Foundations. All of the following are true about the Anti-Federalists except what?
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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop choose your
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brought to you by the constitutional convention the annual trade
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show for political theorists Really all right all the following
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her true about the anti federalists except what and hear
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the potential answers working gratification and like don't round subjective
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taxing All right Well not everything was hugs kisses and
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bald eagles during the constitutional convention Let's See what kind
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of trouble The anti federalist led by patrick henry brought
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to the national stage do the anti federalist a work
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against ratification of the constitution Absolutely anti federalist Objected to
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ratification which was the formal process to approve or disapprove
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the constitution The loss of states power under this new
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document which replaced the articles of confederation was a major
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being the anti federalist bonnet So they buzz like crazy
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to throw a wrench in the ratification process We're the
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anti federalists be criticizing the constitution's lack of a bill
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of rights Well many people oppose the anti federalist arguments
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but this particular argument actually gained some traction In fact
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several states ended up ratifying the constitution with the recommendation
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that a bill of rights be formulated immediately Which is
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how we ended up with the first ever top ten
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list and cheap ways The bill of rights will make
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you free All right Well now did anti federalist see
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object to the federal tax power Well after fighting a
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revolution over heavy taxation by a government anti federalists had
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all kinds of problems with the federal tax power which
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gave the central government financial weight over the state's Well
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what about eve Did the anti federalists consider the senate
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too aristocratic Well anti federalist feared their new government would
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be dominated by an aristocracy a fancy way of describing
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economic elites which might sideline the concerns of average citizens
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Which means that the correct answer is d anti federalist
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did not block ratification of the constitution In some states
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the anti federalist might have forced close calls in several
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states But they didn't actually succeed in stopping ratification of
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the constitution anywhere even though the anti federal has had
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some valid concerns they provided no viable alternative to the
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government proposed by the constitution and here's patrick henry a 00:02:20.733 --> [endTime] man without a plan
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