The Antifederalists were a diverse coalition of people who opposed ratification of the Constitution. ... They believed that the greatest threat to the future of the United States lay in the government's potential to become corrupt and seize more and more power until its tyrannical rule completely dominated the people.
Answer: US history a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and thereafter allied with Thomas Jefferson's Antifederal Party, which opposed extension of the powers of the federal Government. (often not capital) any person who opposes federalism.
These acts forced the colonies to either import using British traders or sell using British salesmen. This enriched British people but impoverished many traders.
