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[[File:The_Other_Founders.jpg|thumnail|left|275px|[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807847860/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807847860&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=c4a0f86bbb318d99e401678ab554a4ff The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism & the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788 – 1828] by Saul Cornell]]
The Anti-Federalists were comprised of essentially three groups of Americans: westerners, middling businessman and southern farmers. While the Anti-Federalists were composed of radically different groups, they made fairly nine fairly consistent arguments against the Constitution’s ratification.
* They were concerned that the Constitution abolished the Federal character of the United States in favor of the centralized government.
* The Constitution would undermine the republican character of the Union in favor the creation of an aristocracy.
* Individuals were not adequately represented in the House of Representatives and the Constitution dangerous blended the executive and legislative branches.
