The differences between the Federalists and the Antifederalists are
vast and at times complex. Federalists’ beliefs could be better
described as nationalist. The Federalists were instrumental in 1787 in
shaping the new US Constitution, which strengthened the national
government at the expense, according to the Antifederalists, of the
states and the people. The Antifederalists opposed the ratification of
the US Constitution, but they never organized efficiently across all
thirteen states, and so had to fight the ratification at every state
convention. Their great success was in forcing the first Congress under
the new Constitution to establish a bill of rights to ensure the
liberties that the Antifederalists felt the Constitution violated.
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<span>Sources consulted:
Berkin, Carol. “Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists.” The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History video.
Wood, Gordon S. Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2009.</span>
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Slavery was so profitable, it sprouted more millionaires per capital in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation. With cash crops of tobacco, cotton and sugar cane, America's southern states became the economic engine of the burgeoning nation
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During the end of the War of 1812 peace negotiations had begun in Europe but the word had not reached forces in Louisiana. The British made an attack but were defeated by the Americans and New Orleans went under the control of the Americans. Later in peace negotiations the two sides agreed to return Spanish-Florida, which was controlled but the Americans at the time, back to the Spaniards.
