federalism powers are divided between the national government and state governments. Magna Carta I am an agreement in which each side compromise gives up part of its demands. Parliament I am the lawmaking body of the British government. federalist New York I was chosen to preside over the George Washington Constitutional Convention. I was the oldest delegate to the Benjamin Franklin Constitutional Convention. I was from Virginia, and I kept a journal James Madison of the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention. I opposed the new Constitution Anti-Federalist because I was afraid it would not protect the freedom of the people. I was chosen as the nation's temporary capital. I am also called the Great Charter. I favored a strong national government