Original sentence: A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution.Berkin, Carol.Historian Forrest McDonald, using the ideas of James Madison from Federalist 39, describes the major change enacted once the Constitution was ratified:.The opponents of the ratification of the new Constitution were referred to as the Anti-Federalists.While generally admitting that improvements were needed in the Articles of Confederation, historian Carol Berkin summarizes their opposition:
Edited sentence: Historian Forrest McDonald, using the ideas of James Madison from Federalist 39, describes the change this way:.However, other writers, following Patrick Henry and the "antifederalists," note that the US under the Constition did in fact become centralized and consolidated.The new Constitution clearly gave much more power to the central government,  but characterization of the result is disputed