The Federalist Papers and their author's are strongly tied to the ideals and beliefs of our government, as well as the Constitution, today. Beginning in Federalist Papers 16 and 17 Hamilton exaggerates that we must preserve the country's overall tranquility. ... The government was given revisions which is more evident in later Federalist Papers. ... This essay is basically a follow up and elaboration to Federalist 47 where it was only a rough draft that needed revising. ... By looking at the Federalist Papers and the insight it brought us to see how to maintain liberty and orde...

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The Founding Fathers knew what we know now, that humans will always form groups centering on areas of common interest, and as James Madison stated in the Federalist Papers No. 10, "There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects...the first remedy(is)worse than the disease.... Just as James Madison prophesied in the Federalist Papers No. 10, minority rule is just as dangerous as tyranny of the majority. ...

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The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton wanted to help the ratification of the "new" Constitution, in 1787, so he decided that he would write and publish articles in order to explain the concepts of this Constitution. ... Although they are not part of the Constitution or legal documents, The Federalists Papers gained much popularity in the midst of the ratification of the Constitution. ... The Federalist Papers are best interpreted and understood through a republican argument and republican guidelines than those of democracy or other conflicting views. ... Another aspect of the Feder...

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The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton wanted to help the ratification of the "new" Constitution, in 1787, so he decided that he would write and publish articles in order to explain the concepts of this Constitution. ... Although they are not part of the Constitution or legal documents, The Federalists Papers gained much popularity in the midst of the ratification of the Constitution. ... The Federalist Papers are best interpreted and understood through a republican argument and republican guidelines than those of democracy or other conflicting views. ... Another aspect of the...

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The purpose of "The Federalist" papers by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison were to explain and defend the Constitution against the critics that believed it was taking away the rights the Americans had won in the Revolution. "The Federalist #17" discussed the insufficiency of the present confederation to preserve the union. "The Federalist #45" discussed the alleged danger from the powers of the union to the state Governments. ... Alexander Hamilton and James Madison showed their support for the needed change and transition by writing "The Federalist #17" and "The Federalist #45...

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The Federalists Papers starts off by the addressing all the people who live in the state of New York. ... The papers then talk about the court of justice department. ... The papers say that the cure for this corruption in the government, is to separate the legislative into branches, giving each branch its own way of election and rules of action. ...

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Those who were concerned that the form of government dictated by the Constitution would overlook civil liberties were known as the Anti-Federalists. ... James Madison, a Federalist and a fierce proponent of the Constitution, responded to their concerns in the Federalist Papers, reassuring the Anti-Federalists that the form of government laid down by the Constitution was not only the best, but the only way to preserve the rights of the people. ... The Anti-Federalists however, fervently opposed a strong national government and worried that it would use its power unjustly. ... Regarding the r...

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The Federalist's structure of government is efficient and rational. ... See, here's where Anti-Federalist ideas intertwine with the views of the Federalists; we all want to prevent the government from attaining too much power and abusing it. ... "The territory of the United States is of vast extent; it now contains near three millions of souls, and is capable of containing much more than ten times that number," another quote from the Anti-Federalist papers, number one, explains how vast our country is and will become. ... "You must first enable the government to contr...

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The Fathers of the United States wrote the Federalist Papers to assure the people that a powerful federal government would be beneficial for the well-being of the individual interest of its citizens as well as the country as a whole. The papers" main purpose was to ensure the citizens that their rights and privileges would not be infringed upon by the government. ... Madison's major points are made in Federalist Papers ten and fifty-one. ... Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Papers, for example, was his way of anticipating federalism. ... Roche also went on to call Madison and Ha...

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The Federalist Paper first appeared in the New York newspapers in 1787 during a period of decision for the newly and loosely formed States under the Article of Confederation. ... It established to persuade the States to ratify the Constitution and eventually the writers of the Federalist paper had accomplished their goal in passing the Constitution. The Federalist Paper was a collection of eighty-five essays that were published anonymously, under the pen name "Publius," in numerous of New York state newspapers of the time such as The New York Packet and The Independent Journal, and much mo...

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The Federalist Papers 10 doesn't remind me of anything that we've read in class. ... I feel that this is a brochure for a strong central government and the federalist are advertising it to their constituents. ...

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The Federalists and Anti-Federalists debated on the issue of this. ... Liberty was promised according to this and the Federalists said that they wanted the people to have liberty, but the Anti-Federalists didn't believe this. ... In Federalist Papers 10 and 51, Madison and Hamilton talked about a representative government that would represent the people. ... The Federalists and Anti-Federalists differed on many points as they tried to accomplish what they went to Philadelphia for. Even though the Federalists came out on top and got the Constitution ratified, the Anti-Federalists got t...

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The Federalists labeled the Constitution the characteristic of being the servant of the people. ... The Federalists knew that the main problem to address was that of conflicting viewpoints on who's to say what is right on issues that were voted upon or discussed. ... The Federalists, like the ones who opposed the Constitution, feared that maybe the branches of the government might be unbalanced and one might have more power than another. ... In conclusion, the Federalists knew that the Constitution would be acceptable to the people, it was just a matter of them explaining how things would...

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The United States Constitution and The Federalist Papers influenced United States history. ... The Federalist Papers were written in 1787 and 1788 and were published in several newspapers in New York. The purpose of the Federalist Papers was to persuade New Yorkers to vote for the proposed constitution. The Federalist Papers are described as "a collection of essays written in favor of the new constitution.... The Federalist Papers were not only important in the 1800s, many lawyers, judges and jurors use the Federalist Papers to interpret Constitutional laws. ...

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Anti-Federalists wrote lots of letters and speeches regarding the new Constitution which came to be known as the Anti-Federalists Papers. The federaliusts in response to these letters wrote back under the alias Publius, regarding the changes of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution which came to be known as the Federalists Papers. ... Many Anti-Federalist wrote letters and speaches, know as the "Anti-Federalist Papers". In response to these papers, the Federalists wrote a series of 85 letters under the alias of Publius. These letter thuroughtly explain the changes between the Arti...

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The Anti-Federalist The writer of federalist #51, most likely Alexander Hamilton, makes several great arguments in this document. ... In the 10th federalist paper, the writer says that a large republic can control factions better than a small one. ... Although there are several well-stated points in both of these papers, Hamilton's overall premises were weakly supported and quite unsuitable for a government for this country....

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During the making of the Constitution different plans and ideas were proposed and were mainly argued against these two factions, the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist, which eventually led to an agreement in the end. ... The federalist favored for the constitution because it gave a little more power to the central government. ... Also the Federalist wrote a series of essays that went to the newspaper called 'The Federalist Papers", they were made to favor the constitution, while many citizens thought that the constitutions gave to much power to the government and that it will t...

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During the Constitutional Convention, delegates agreed on created fundamental changes but conflicting interests of the states led to compromises which when presented to the states, a Federalist-Antifederalist battle for ratification ensued. ... It was reciprocated with mixed ideas generally put into categories of federalist and antifederalist. ... The federalists on the other hand compromised of the educated and rich who felt that the government should be more Hobbes instead of Locke where there must be restraint to have liberty protected. ... The federalists won this battle for ratification...

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These people became known as the Anti-Federalist. ... In response came the Federalist Papers published in the New York Independent Journal under the author Publius. ... The Anti-Federalist arguments came from the experience with the British. ... The Federalist authors attempted to convey this message in each essay, until the constitution was finally ratified in July 1788. ... Madison's Federalist Paper # 46 in conjunction with Paper # 45 attempts to ease the concerns of many skeptics. ...

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The words common good were used a lot in the writing of the federalist papers by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay but you have to wonder that the terms common good actually mean. ... In the federalist papers though, you see a different kind of common good. ... I never really find any evidence in the papers. ... This appears to be very opposite from what the Federalist want. ... It is an interesting question as to what this common is and how the Federalist and Anti-Federalist mean to establish the good for these people. ...

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Following the drafting of the Constitution, two major political factions evolved: those in favor of ratification (Federalist) and those that opposed ratification (Anti-federalist). ... The Federalist Papers written jointly by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay became the most influential papers in attaining ratification of the Constitution. ... In the Virginia debate for ratification, the Anti-federalist explained their concerns for ratification. ... Suspicion of French influence among the Jeffersonians led the Federalist to pass this law. ... These conflicting views led to many im...

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They federalists were high-class and didn't represent the people as much as the anti-federalist, who were against mostly all of the federalists beliefs. Madison and Hamilton were the leaders of the federalists, and along with John Jay published the Federalist Papers. These were persuasive essays used in the Federalist campaign for the constitution. By promising to add a bill of rights to the constitution they met the anti-federalists strongest objection. ... The Federalists and the anti-Federalists had to come together to create a document that would set the standards of how the country w...

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After the constitution, the Federalist papers were created, works to ratify this constitution. In particular, Federalist papers #10 and #51, James Madison makes bold arguments and comments about the framing of the constitution. ... The main purpose of Federalist paper #10 is factions. ... In Federalist #51, Madison says, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary.... Madison makes very wise statements in Federalists #10 and #51. ...

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James Madison truly was a remarkable man. Intelligent, dutiful and possessed of a sense of civic duty that hasn't been duplicated since his era. The tenth Federalist Paper is the perfect manifestation of all these qualities. If not for men of Madison's vision, the United States might still be not...

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