(1787-1788)
Federalists
Checks and division of state/fed power would stop tyranny
Elected officials of the better sort would voice populace
Elitists
Better at public relations
Publish the Federalist, political tract, answered critics
Antifederalists
Feared too strong central power
Loss of individual rights, lack of bill of rights
Sam Adams and Patrick Henry
Farmers, poor sort, fearing taxation