Why did the founding fathers not want a strong national government?

If there's one thing that we know about the Founding Fathers, it's that they didn't want a weak national government. But there was a group who wanted a weak national government. They were called the anti-Federalists, and they were appalled by the proposed Constitution.

ANSWER: CONGRESS COULD NOT LEVY TAXES, REGULATE TRADE, OR FORCE ANY STATE TO FULFIL THEIR OBLIGATIONS... POWER WAS VESTED IN THE INDIVIDUAL STATES

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