What did many anti-federalists fear about the new constitution?

a. it was too democratic.

b. it was not a republican document.

c. it gave too much power to the farmers and merchants.

d. it gave an enormous amount of power to a very small group of men.

The Anti-Federalists were opposed to the ratification of the Constitution because they felt as though it gave too much power to the national government. Anti-Federalists believed that a powerful national government would become tyrannical like the British monarchy.