Anti-Federalists

Target entity: Anti-Federalists
Context triple: [Taxing and Spending Clause, debatedBy, Anti-Federalists]

• A. Federalists
  The Federalists were early American political leaders and thinkers who advocated for a strong centralized federal government and supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
• B. Democratic-Republican Party
  The Democratic-Republican Party was an early American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison that championed states’ rights, agrarian interests, and a strict interpretation of the Constitution in opposition to the Federalists.
• C. Congress of the Confederation
  The Congress of the Confederation was the unicameral governing body of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, overseeing national affairs between the Revolutionary War and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
• D. Articles of Confederation
  The Articles of Confederation were the first constitution of the United States, creating a loose confederation of sovereign states with a weak central government prior to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
• E. Southern Republicans
  Southern Republicans are members and supporters of the Republican Party in the U.S. South, representing the region’s modern conservative political realignment that replaced the once-dominant Southern Democratic coalition.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Anti-Federalists
Target entity description: The Anti-Federalists were a diverse group of late-18th-century American politicians and thinkers who opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution, fearing centralized power and strongly advocating for states’ rights and a bill of rights.

• A. Federalists
  The Federalists were early American political leaders and thinkers who advocated for a strong centralized federal government and supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
• B. Democratic-Republican Party
  The Democratic-Republican Party was an early American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison that championed states’ rights, agrarian interests, and a strict interpretation of the Constitution in opposition to the Federalists.
• C. Congress of the Confederation
  The Congress of the Confederation was the unicameral governing body of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, overseeing national affairs between the Revolutionary War and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
• D. Articles of Confederation
  The Articles of Confederation were the first constitution of the United States, creating a loose confederation of sovereign states with a weak central government prior to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
• E. Southern Republicans
  Southern Republicans are members and supporters of the Republican Party in the U.S. South, representing the region’s modern conservative political realignment that replaced the once-dominant Southern Democratic coalition.
• F. None of above. chosen