What did anti-federalists fear would happen if the constitution became law? congress would have too much power over states. states would have too much freedom to make their own laws. congress and states would have equal power. states would control which laws congress made.

it took two men to wrestle rome back from chaos and turn a republic into an empire. in the first century bc, rome was a republic. power lay in the hands of the senate, elected by roman citizens. but the senators were fighting for power between themselves.

congress also has implied powers, which derive from the necessary and proper clause of the constitution and permit congress "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the united states.

it was the first major victory for the colonists.