It could possible be ironic and problematic because the rest of the world was technically already "discovered", but just not by the Europeans specifically.
Many Anti-Federalists preferred a weak central government because they equated a strong government with British tyranny. Others wanted to encourage democracy and feared a strong government that would be dominated by the wealthy. They felt that the states were giving up too much power to the new federal government.
The Sepoy Mutiny was a rebellion of the Indian population (specifically Indian soldiers: Sepoy means a soldier), and this rebellion was lost by the Indian population and Great Britain suppress it.
In order to prevent new rebellions Great Britain reorganized their rule over India and created the British Raj -direct rule.
<span />
