Question

Explain the basis for Antifederalists’ fears that the government would “fall into the hands of the few and the great.” How does the Constitution address these fears?

Answer 1

The fears of the Anti-Federalists arose because the new federal government would have supremacy of the states when it came to legislation--making the Anti-Federalists believe that it would become a tyrannical body. The Constitution tried to put these fears to rest by implementing a system of "checks and balances", wherein no single federal body could become too powerful.