Federalist and Anti Federalist Graphic Organizer

Document
A: AntiFederalists
Melancton
Is this person
happy with how Melancton Smith is not happy
the new
with how the new Constitution
Constitution
deals with representation.
deals with
representation?

What kind of
government
would this
person like to
see?

Find a quote to
support your
claim.

Document B:
Federalists
Alexander
Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton is happy with
how the new Constitution deals
with representation.

Melancton wants it to be a true

picture of people and they
should understand peoples
troubles.

Alexander Hamilton wanted A

government with a congress and a
house of representatives.

The number of representatives

should be so large that both rich
and poor people will choose to be
representatives.

Why cant someone

understand fifty people as
well as he understand twenty
people?

Based on this
document, what
sort of people in Poor people would support this
point of view.
society would
support this
point of view?

Rich people would support this

point of view.

Conclusion
1. If you could have chosen, what side would you have supported? Why?
I would have chosen federalist because I would want a powerful government and
when you have multiple people governing it get harder, than if you only had one
man governing.

2. Do you see versions of these issues being debated today? Which political party is

associated with the views of the Federalists? Anti-Federalists?