I agree mostly with the answer above, except for the
geographic breakdown of who lived where. The geographic split between federalists and
anti-federalists tended to be living followed a much more east-west line than
north-south one. Federalists were much more likely to be coastal and urban, while
anti-federalists were much more likely to be from the interior, rural
regions.
A rich merchant from New York or Charleston, then,
was more likely to support the Federalists. A yeoman farmer from Appalachia or western
Pennsylvania was more likely to support anti-federalists. Massachusetts was cut in half
by these sentiments, with Boston and the Cape heavily Federalist, and all of the western
farm country on the anti-federalist side.
Federalists also
tended to be wealthier and better educated, more organized and had control over most of
the newspapers of the time.
Well known Federalists included
George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams and Alexander
Hamilton.
Famous anti-federalists included Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, Thomas Paine, James Madison and Patrick
Henry.
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