<P> As the Federalists moved to amend the Articles , eventually leading to the Constitutional Convention , they applied the term anti-federalist to their opposition . The term implied , correctly or not , both opposition to Congress and unpatriotic motives . The Anti-Federalists rejected the term , arguing that they were the true Federalists . In both their correspondence and their local groups they tried to capture the term . For example , an unknown anti-federalist signed his public correspondence as `` A Federal Farmer '' and the New York committee opposing the Constitution was called the `` Federal Republican Committee . '' However the Federalists carried the day and the name Anti-Federalist forever stuck . </P>
<P> As the Federalists moved to amend the Articles , eventually leading to the Constitutional Convention , they applied the term anti-federalist to their opposition . The term implied , correctly or not , both opposition to Congress and unpatriotic motives . The Anti-Federalists rejected the term , arguing that they were the true Federalists . In both their correspondence and their local groups they tried to capture the term . For example , an unknown anti-federalist signed his public correspondence as `` A Federal Farmer '' and the New York committee opposing the Constitution was called the `` Federal Republican Committee . '' However the Federalists carried the day and the name Anti-Federalist forever stuck . </P>
which term refers to the group who opposed the constitution
which term refers to the group who opposed the constitution
anti-federalist
anti-federalist