Antifederalists criticized the United States Constitution primary because governing power was concentrated largely in the hands of the federal government. The Antifederalists wanted more power to be given to the states rather than to the national government which was supported by the Federalists.
Anti-Federalists were against the US Constitution because they believed that the new Constitution created a strong central government that had the capacity of becoming a tyranny. They believed that there should not have a central government or a central government should be a weak one. Eventually, the Anti Federalists were able to push for the approval of the Bill of Rights as a way to make the Central Government less powerful and to respect people’s basic rights.
