Why did the framers of the constitution give more power to the Federal government rather than the State governments? The Articles of Confederation proved to be too weak and inconsistent to fit America’s people, so the founding fathers had to find a better government system that everyone agreed with. Moreover, the country split between Federalists and Antifederalists. The Articles had many weaknesses and few strengths for a governing document. There was not a national court (congress was the judge), everyone had to agree to amend the articles, and the states stayed independent with the ability to ignore federal power, to name some weaknesses. The articles did not have an executive officer to administer or enforce legislation; instead, congress…show more content… They then introduced the Constitution, which held a strong central, or federal, power. The founding fathers believed that a strong central government could unify the states, and visualize one whole country in the eyes of other nations. It could also bring about total cooperation of every state, and take on executive, legislative, and judicial branches to balance each other out. The Federalist party- those who supported a strong federal government- liked the constitution for its strong federal attributes. Antifederalists wanted more power for the states accordingly supported the Articles. A strong central government that would take too much power from the states, while conversely overpowering citizen’s rights was feared by Antifederalists. The Articles of Confederation sustained a strong state government. Each state shared power with the central government, having equal power throughout. Understood by local governments were the needs of citizens’ and protected citizens rights. Though the problem was that these state governments abused their power and became too independent, disunifying the nation. Some Federalists could see a state government being too ‘separable’, creating a broken country. Most antifederalists liked the protection of specific citizen rights by state
