Question

Anti-Federalists chose to ratify the Constitution largely because of the promise of a bill of individual rights. However, they still feared that a federal system would become too powerful. Did the federal government grow too powerful under the Washington and Adams administrations? If so, what are some specific examples where this happened? Or did the Federalists manage to avoid the kinds of abuses the Anti-Federalists feared? What are some examples? PLEASE ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS!!!

Answer 1

Some examples of abuses of power could be the alien and sedition acts, Jackson’s veto of the US bank.
The federal gov did a good job at limiting some /most abuses, but the alien and sedition acts were a violation of the bill of right that the anti federalists had advocated for.