When regarding the evolution of the constitution and the establishment of its major principles and

values, both political parties, federalist and anti-federalist, could be satisfied with separation of powers
between both the national and state government. The sovereignty of the states and the protections of
the rights of the people were both principles that the Anti-Federalist sought in their idea of a perfect
union. What made anti-federalist fear the Constitution was the lack of regulations the national
government had on imposing the rights of the people. Due to this absence in any defined information
regarding the rights of the people, anti-federalist discouraged the establishment of the Constitution.
Document 2 exemplifies the concerns anti-federalist had for the future of their country through the
writings of George Bryan. Fortunately for the anti-federalist, their woes of power were soon alleviated
through the creation of the Bill of rights, which contain a list of amendments that require state
ratification, that explicitly describe what the national government can and cannot do to it’s people. The
powers given to national government is viewed as necessity for civil order and unity within the United
States by federalist. Through the events of Shay’s rebellion, which saw an uprising of an armed militia
and the lack of federal wide military ready to diffuse the situation, founding fathers such as George
Washington and Alexander Hamilton, made sure that more national powers would be granted to the
federal government to establish its power as absolute, but to also retain checks and balances.