Federalist or Anti-Federalist
1. The executive branch had too much power.
2. Power needed to be divided between the States and the National Government.
3. The "necessary and proper" clause gave too much power to the Congress.
4. The new government needed a strong executive.
5. Since all rights cannot be listed in the body of the Constitution, it is better to add a bill of rights after ratification.
6. No bill of rights had been proposed.
7. Because all branches were equal, no branch could control the others.
8. The national government could maintain an army in peacetime.
9. In a republican form of government, representation is based on the consent of the governed.
10. The proposed constitution gave too much power to the national government at the expense of the States.