Compare and contrast the beliefs of radicals and conservatives with respect to the formation of the new government.

Since you have tagged this with "Articles of
Confederation," I assume that you are talking about the creation of the US.  I also
assume that you are talking about the move from the Articles of Confederation to the
Constitution.  There was very little conflict over the creation of the Articles, which
were immediately adopted by all states but Maryland.

In the
debate over the Constitution, the radicals are generally called Antifederalists while
the conservatives are called Federalists.  The radicals were radical in the sense that
they did not trust a central government and because they wanted as much democracy as
possible.  This was an unusual attitude at a time when democracy had never really been
used as the basis for the formation of an entire nation.  The Federalists, by contrast,
wanted a strong central government that would reduce the amount of democracy.  It would
prevent the people from having too much of a say in government.  This vision won out in
the creation of the Constitution, but the more radical version won out over
time.