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Some of these ideas recurred after the establishment of the Constitution, yet the political unity began to fade. In 1800, the first anti-Federalist president was elected through Thomas Jefferson. Still, the issue of slavery became a matter for increasing tensions. At the moment of the Louisiana Purchase, the question over slave states and abolitionist ones became inevitable. In this context, the aspect related to the powers of the central government reemerged taking into account the fact that in the current conditions of the representative spectrum, some states, depending on the population, would acquire more influence in the legislative body.
At the same time, the Jefferson administration represented an essential point for the 19th century history and for the Anti-Federalists because his abuse...
Still, even after the passing of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights at the initiative of the Anti-Federalists, frictions reemerged on issues related to the Constitution; more precisely, the second anti-federalist movement of the early 19th century stressed the increased inequality between people and the need to reestablish the rights enshrined in the Constitution. These ideas would eventually lead to the creation of the Democratic Republican party of Thomas Jefferson.
Overall, it can be said that although the founders of the American constitution are considered to be the Federalists, the opposition of the Anti-Federalist movement played a significant role. Still, these debates could not lead to a constructive result, but eventually led the country to Civil War.
Bibliography
Cornell, Saul. The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
Gibbons, Michael T. The Federalists, the Antifederalists and the American Political Tradition. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
Bibliography
Cornell, Saul. The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
Gibbons, Michael T. The Federalists, the Antifederalists and the American Political Tradition. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
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