Weakness in the Articles of Confederation led to strong opinions that split founders into these two factions that favored either a small government with more state power or a large government with less state power. []Federalists and Anti-Federalists []Republicans and Democrats []Federalists and Whigs []Anti-Federalists and Constitutionalists

Weakness in the Articles of Confederation led to strong opinions that split founders into these two factions that favored either a small government with more state power or a large government with less state power.