50 POINTS!!!!!
“Compulsive or treacherous measures to establish any government whatever, will always excite jealousy among a free people: better remain single and alone, than blindly adopt whatever a few individuals shall demand, be they ever so wise. I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire.” -George Clinton, Robert Yates, Samuel Bryan
A. State whether it is a Federalist or Anti-Federalist viewpoint.
B. Highlight one ideal from the passage that reflects the viewpoint of either the Federalists or Anti-
Federalists.
C. Explain the connection between the statement you highlighted and the viewpoint that this individual
would have held about the ratification of the US Constitution.