It went up. A lot. So say it increased significantly.
Geography influences our life now and it did so in the past. Because of this it helps understand the reasons for some events.
For example geography helps you understand why ancient Greece was composed of many small independent city-states rather than one empire: Greece is composed of many islands and valleys separated by mountains, and it was easy to defend those settlements so they were not conquered by other settlements ( as it was the case in other countries).
The anti-federalist protected the rights of the constitution and argued with the federalist against the expansion of national power.
