Why were the Anti-federalists opposed to the Federal government controlling the Militia?

They believed that if the federal government had control of the army and the militia it would be very dangerous, because the government would have a strong centralization of power.

Explanation:

For anti-federalists, allowing the government to have centralized control of the militia would give a lot of power to the head of federal control, that is, it would give a lot of power to the president. This could promote a strong abuse of power, as the country's armed forces would be controlled by a single person, who would be too powerful to be prevented from acting as he wished.

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