What are the positions of federalists and anti-federalists when it comes to federal versus state power, taxation, and position on changing the constitution?

1.) Federal vs state power:

-Federalists believed in a strong federal government.

-Anti-Federalists, also known as Democratic Republicans, supported a stronger state government.

2.) Taxation:

-Federalists Believed that the government should be able to tax American citizens directly.

-Anti Federalists did not believe the Constitution gave the authority to tax citizens of America.

3.) Changing of the Constitution:

-Federalists had a broad, loose interpretation of the Constitution, which meant that if there was a change needed, there would be little opposition.

-Anti Federalists had a stricter, more narrow perception. They only wanted the most essential changes to be accepted. They also believed that the Constitution gave too much control to central government.

1. international: struggle for hegemony and empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state

2. political conflict: conflict between the monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.

3. the enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism, one variant of which was laid out in montequieu’s spirit of the laws; introduces new notions of good government, the most radical being popular sovereignty, as in rousseau’s social contract [1762]; the attack on the regime and privileged class by the literary underground of “grub street; ” the broadening influence of public opinion.

4. social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie

5. ineffective ruler: louis xvi

6. economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages.

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