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The Federalists wanted a strong federalgovernmentwhile the Anti-Federalists wanted a weakfederalgovernment with strong stategovernment rights.They believed that the Constitutioncreated a Strong Centralgovernment who favored thewealthy business class whichthreatened the power of the state andthe common man.
Thereof, which social groups wanted a strong national government?
The Federalists believed in a strongnationalgovernment while their opponents believed that astrongnational government would be no different from themonarchythey had fought against during the battle for independence.Thisgroup was initially known astheAnti-Federalists.
Also asked, which group wanted the national government to have more power?
The Federalists wanted a stronggovernmentand strong executive branch, while theanti-Federalistswanted a weaker central government.The Federalistsdid not want a bill of rights —they thoughtthe newconstitution was sufficient.
Best known of these articles were theFederalistPapers, written variously by John Jay, JamesMadison and/orAlexander Hamilton, both explained and supported thenewConstitution; and the Anti-FederalistPapers,published under several pseudonyms such as“Brutus”(Robert Yates), and “FederalFarmer” (Richard HenryLee)