anti-federalists people who wanted a weak government republican A person advocating or supporting a government without monarchy and believes people should have a say in the government. popular sovereignty the belief that the political power of a nation or state comes from the consent of the people...
Antifederalists Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government; united by the belief that liberty could be secure only in a small republic in which the rulers were physically close to those they ruled; argued that a strong national government should be hedged in...
-Congress attached rider to delay enforcement Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 Signed into law by President John Adams in 1798, the Alien and Sedition Acts consisted of four laws passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress as America prepared for war with France. These acts increased the ...