Were Anti-Federalist fears vindicated by the events of the 1790s?
What will be an ideal response?
Many programs that were implemented and laws that were passed in the 1790s supported and strengthened the federal government, such as the establishment of the Bank of the United States and the imposition of tariffs on imported goods in order to support manufacturing in the United States. During the 1790s, Hamilton, a Federalist, was able to implement programs that reflected his broad construction of the Constitution, that is, the belief that the Constitution allowed the federal government a great deal of power to make and enforce laws. Hamilton's Anti-Federalist, or Republican, opponents, who believed in a strict construction that limited the powers the Constitution granted the federal government, were largely defeated. However, the partisan press and the events of the French Revolution kept the views of both groups in the public conversation.
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