Anti-Federalism

Anti-Federalists
Anti-Federalists
	The Articles of Confederation, predecessor to the U.S. Constitution and drafted from Anti-Federalist principles
Leader	Patrick Henry
Founded	1787
Dissolved	1789
Split from	Patriots
Succeeded by	Anti-Administration party
Ideology	Confederalism; Decentralization; Liberalism; Republicanism
	Politics of the United States; Political parties; Elections;

Anti-Federalism was a late-18th-century political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution. The previous constitution, called the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, gave state governments more authority. Led by Patrick Henry of Virginia, Anti-Federalists worried, among other things, that the position of president, then a novelty, might evolve into a monarchy. Though the Constitution was ratified and supplanted the Articles of Confederation, Anti-Federalist influence helped lead to the passage of the Bill of Rights.