What was the main impact of the Anti-Federalists on the adoption of the US Constitution?

Their efforts defeated the original Constitution, which had to be completely rewritten for ratification.

Their support for a strong central government led to the inclusion of additional presidential powers.

Their concern about factions lent support for basing the US government on a representative republic structure.

Their concern for preserving liberty led to the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the ratified form of the Constitution.

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What was the main impact of the Anti-Federalists on the adoption of the US Constitution?

Their efforts defeated the original Constitution, which had to be completely rewritten for ratification.

Their support for a strong central government led to the inclusion of additional presidential powers.

Their concern about factions lent support for basing the US government on a representative republic structure.

Their concern for preserving liberty led to the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the ratified form of the Constitution.

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The main impact of the Anti-Federalists on the adoption of the US Constitution was that " Their concern for preserving liberty led to the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the ratified form of the Constitution," since they were worried that this new government would become tyrannical.