The Anti-Federalist papers were a series of papers edited by the ones that opposed the Constitution. They were not as widely read as The Federalist papers. They argued that the Federalism defended by Madison, Hamilton and Jay created a strong central government that could turn into tyranny and that this government would not respect personal rights. The Anti-Federalists were the ones responsible for the creation of the Bill of Rights.
Economic expansion demanded cheap labor, access to or control of markets to sell or buy products, and natural resources such as precious metals and land
