Sometimes during the convention, the windows were closed to provide privacy for the framers. As a result, public opinion, believing that the purpose of the convention was to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, was taken over by the innovative Constitution. Public opinion on the Constitution quickly divided into two camps, the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. Most Federalists were wealthy, educated, and united by a desire for a strong centralized government. Their leaders were usually influential men such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. They favored an orderly and efficient government capable of protecting their economic situation. The Federalists were organized, and in many states they often controlled the elections of the ratifying conventions through their power and influence. Their opponents, the Anti-Federalists, were generally farmers, debtors, and other lower-class people loyal to their state governments. Anti-Federalist leaders Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry generally enjoyed more wealth and power than the people they led. Henry was known for fighting for individual liberties, and one of the main objections of the