Anti-Federalist
The paper says there should be a central government and all of the power goes there. The states will not have any power because the central government needs to have complete control to be able to govern something this big. The decisions will be made by the people, through representatives and not individually.
Federalist
This paper shows the faults of the constitution that has been drawn up. It shows the importance of checks and balances between the different branches as well as the importance of giving rights to the individual states.
Reaction
At this time people didn't know who to believe or which way to go. They were getting misinformed and making radical decisions and holding those ideas because of it. The fact that the Federalist paper was much harder for me to read than the Anti-Federalist paper made me think of who they were geared toward. I was thinking that maybe the Federalist paper was geared towards the upper class who had more school than those in places that didn't have as much knowledge. Whereas the Anti-Federalist paper was geared more towards people who didn't have as much education. The thoughts behind both of these stem from where could they get support from what they want passed? The papers were certainly geared toward different regions and the people in them.
Good point about the audience for each text. How do you think these writings apply to us today?
ReplyDeleteThese writings have all sorts of importance in our lives today. They shaped how constitution and everything that our government and lifestyles are based on.
ReplyDeleteI think that the parties today still direct what they're talking about or publishing towards certain people. There are demographics and classes which different parties direct their comments towards. The country today is so divided and rarely do we hear what the middle man has to say, because of this it's almost necessary for the parties to be on drastic sides one way or the other.