Question

1. patrick oneil was born in hanover county, virginia. he was largely self - educated. from 1751 until 1760 he was an unsuccessful storekeeper and farmer. notoriously indifferent to his private fortune and ineffectual in his own business he has made the public his main concern. he is a great orator and by some is called the voice of the common man. during the revolution he served in the house of burgesses and as governor of virginia. he was a member of the radical faction, which opposed the king before the revolution, and on a number of occasions swore he would give up his life before his freedom. he has always thought of himself as a common man. he feels the rights of the people must be protected from all privileged classes, and he has always been a champion of popular rights.

is patrick oneil a federalist, anti - federalist or undecided? list reasons for your choice

Explanation:

Patrick O'Neill was a champion of popular rights and thought the rights of the people must be protected from privileged classes. Anti - Federalists were concerned with protecting the rights of the people from a potentially powerful central government (which could be seen as a form of privileged entity in a sense). Federalists were more in favor of a strong central government. Since he was focused on the rights of the common man against any form of privileged (which could be analogous to a strong central government in the Federalist - Anti - Federalist debate), he is likely an Anti - Federalist.

Answer:

Patrick O'Neill is an Anti - Federalist.
Reasons:

• He was a champion of popular rights.
• He thought the rights of the people must be protected from all privileged classes (which can be related to the Anti - Federalist concern of protecting people's rights from a potentially powerful central government as Federalists favored a strong central government).