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What was the Antifederalists' main reason for opposing the new Constitution? What addition to the

Constitution helped ease this opposition?

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The Antifederalists opposed it because they thought it would bring too much power into one national body, the Constitution. Their idea was that equal authority should be spread among all states so individual rights can be protected. Although the Federalists thought it would unnecessary, they still promised for a Bill of Rights in order to compromise with the Antifederalists to establish the Constitution.

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