I'm writing a paper on Federalist No. 1, and I'm trying to figure out who had more political power in New York at the time, the Federalists, or the Antifederalists. The convention ratified the Constitution of course, but was that a result of the political power of the Federalists, or did something else cause a shift? I know the Antifederalists held more seats in the ratifying convention, but that's where my knowledge ends and I'm having trouble finding scholarly sources on the information I'm looking for. Any help is appreciated (and name your sources please! or at least point me in the right direction so I can find my own)
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There are tons of issues on why the Federalist and the Anti Federalists disagreed on the Constitution. One of the biggest is the lack of a Bill of Rights (passed after the constitution). Ny and Virginia are among the last of those states to pass and some states were holding out because these two were holding out. If the two most important states say No to the Constitution then the whole project would fail. It basically became a smear campaign between the two sides over all the issues, assuming revolutionary war debt (even if a state had paid theirs off so had to repay), lost of state rights etc.
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/ratification.html