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| supporters of constitution, mostly wealthy and apposed anarchy. jay, hamilton, and madison. madison wrote federalist papers to support constitution |
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| opponents of constitution. mostly commoners afraid of strong central government and being taken advantage of. patrick henry and samuel adams. |
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| one of the main opponents of constitution. worked against its ratification in virginia. |
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| opposed to constitution until bill of rights was added, then he supported it. |
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| opposed constitution because it didn't protect individual rights. his opposition lead to the inclusion of the bill of rights. |
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| ratification fights (especially in Mass., NY, and VA) |
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| farmers opposed constitution because they felt it protected trade more than agriculture, but Mass. became 6th state to ratify. NY opposed to constitution; federalist papers were made to gain support for it. VA and NY would not ratify until the bill of rights were added to the constitution. |
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