Federalist & Anti-Federalist 1.  Federalists were shrewd politicians!  (The document would be ratified by special conventions of each state - not the state legislators!) 2. Published the Federalists Papers under the name “Publius” (85 in total) to gain support for the Constitution (1% literacy rate in 1787!) Fed Papers Addressed the FEARS of the Anti-Feds No Bill of Rights Weaken power of the State governments Strong federal government would be out of touch with the common man “Tyranny of the Majority” (The Federalists point to our Principles of the Constitution)