This is a fascinating 4 minute overview of the Federalist and Anti-Federalists. In a sense they are examples of early interest groups. The Federalists were better known as nationalists or centralists and the Anti-Federalists were really the federalists. But the Nationalists thought they would be better liked if they were the "Federalists" and their opponents were just "anti-." Furthermore it is interesting to note that the Federalist were much better organized since, by definition, the Anti-Federalists just plain didn't want to work with one another
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
This is a fascinating 4 minute overview of the Federalist and Anti-Federalists. In a sense they are examples of early interest groups. The Federalists were better known as nationalists or centralists and the Anti-Federalists were really the federalists. But the Nationalists thought they would be better liked if they were the "Federalists" and their opponents were just "anti-." Furthermore it is interesting to note that the Federalist were much better organized since, by definition, the Anti-Federalists just plain didn't want to work with one another
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