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 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 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 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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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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The Federalist Papers discusses the editorials and persuasion pieces written by the Founding Fathers to create the democracy of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches that guide the lives of Americans today. ... Hamilton states his view on the judicial branch of government in article eighty of The Federalist Papers. ... Today, courts can exercise those powers stated by Hamilton in article eighty of The Federalist Papers. Though The Federalist Papers did not motivate people to adopt the Constitution, it supplied them with the most authoritative interpretation of the Constitut...

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James Madison had previously published twenty-six out of the eighty-five Federalist Papers in 1787-1788, the two most influential Federalist Papers regarding the issues of factions and tyranny were Federalist Papers 10 and 51. ... Daniel Webster during the nullification process quotes James Madison from Federalist Paper 51 "if the majority is united by common interest the rights of the minorities will be insecure," and the Southern states experienced this directly (Federalist 51, p. 52). ... Madison stated that "No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certa...

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The Federalists and Anti-Federalists debated this new plan of action for months. The Federalists were supporters of the Constitution. ... John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison wrote a series of essays and published them as The Federalist Papers. ... The Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the Constitution; they feared that a strong central government would be used as an instrument of tyranny. ... They saw the Federalists as people who would oppress lower class people. ...

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Alexander Hamilton begins The Federalist No. 11 by explaining the importance of a Union to prospering commercial success and trade. ... Having clearly illustrated the positive effects of a Union towards the commercial prosperity of the United States in the last paper, Hamilton begins The Federalist No. 12 by explaining that the creation of a Union would drastically increase the revenue for the United Government as well as help to facilitate its collection. ... In The Federalist No. 13, Alexander Hamilton continues his previous discussion of national revenue by explaining how a united union in...

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On the other hand there were Federalists who were afraid of weak central government. After a Shaye's rebellion federalists opposed to the fact that people should have all the power. ... As Hamilton has it in Federalists Papers and in Constitution. But Beard refers to Federalists papers as to a propaganda, designed to help a constitution to be passed on convention. Beard looks at Federal Papers because in his mind the dominant economic groups always used government to advance their interest. ...

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James Madison wrote in Federalist Papers #10, "By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community." ... The XYZ affair played right into the hands of the Federalist Party. ... The Republicans debated against the bills for about a month, but the Federalist had the votes. ... Federalist saw this as a demonstration of support for the government. ... Baches abil...

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The Federalist Papers were written in an attempt to "sell" the Founding Fathers" new form of government to the American citizens. ... In Federalist Paper No. 46, Madison praises the Constitution for "preserving the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over people of almost every other nation" (Madison 46). ... Hamilton conveys his views that an armed citizenry was the best and only real defense against a standing army in Federalist Paper No. 29. ... The Federalist Papers serve to explain the proposed new form of government to the citizens who would later vote it into existence. ....

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Through his writings in the Federalist Papers, he contributed the largest number of essays, which helped to convince many individuals and states to ratify the Constitution. ... The fourth section focuses on the conflict within Washington's cabinet between Jefferson (secretary of state) and Hamilton (secretary of treasury), and the evolution of the Republican and Federalist parties. ... Hamilton could not be the president because he was not a native born citizen, but he played an important role in the nomination of candidates within the Federalist Party. ...

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Ratifying the Constitution - Arguments for and Against People against the constitution were the Anti-Federalists. In 1787, several prominent Anti-Federalists published editorials in the New York Times under pen names such as Cato and Brutus. ... The Federalist Papers are a strong retort to the objections voiced against the fresh new Constitution. ... The Federalists won, of course. ...

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Another piece of legislation that was passed during this stage of constitutional development called the Federalist Stage was the Judiciary Act of 1787. ... The last if not the most important major development in the Constitution during the federalist stage was the establishment of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments that were originally created as a compromise between the federalists and anti-federalist, as the anti-federalist strongly believed that US citizens needed protection from the central government and that these protections should be neatly and specific...

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Hamilton expressed his belief in a very centralized authority by saying, "The idea of a council to the Executive, which has so generally obtained in the State Constitutions, has been derived from that maxim of Republican jealousy which considers power safer in the hands of a number of men than of a single man the executive power is more easily confined when it is one; that it is far more safe there should be a single object for the jealousy and watchfulness of a people; and in a word, that all multiplication of the Executive is rather dangerous than friendly to liberty [Hamilton, The Federali...

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Cunningham includes an excerpt from papers written by Jefferson to demonstrate his opinions against the Bank. ... After the ratification of the Constitution, the anti-federalists and the federalists had not evolved into political parties and there were no clear party divisions. ... In Jefferson's letter to Washington he explained concern and fear for the Federalists "sought to use the new government as a stepping stone to monarchy" while he then "professed his alignment with the republican party, who wish to preserve the government in it's present form" (Cunningham, 2000, p. 78). ...

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What did Hamilton contribute and how was this significant? How does he compare to other founding fathers? Contributions: Advocated for the establishment of a national bank. Served as Washington's principal aide during the Revolutionary War. Wrote two-thirds of The Federalist Papers in support of th...

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The Southern representation at the turn of the century were the Anti-Federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson. The Anti-Federalists spoke primarily for agricultural interests and values. ... In his view, the Federalists, the founders mostly out of the Northern states, supported a strong, centralized government and favored the Constitution during its drafting and ratification. 8 These were individuals whose primary economic interests were tied to personal property. ... No one was better prepared to defend the Constitution than New Yorker, and federalist, Alexander Hamilton. ... Known as "The Federa...

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The Articles of Confederation failed to provide a substantial enough defense for the protection of states against the interest of foreign powers, and from the confliction of interests in and between states. This failure led to the conception of a national or federalized state. The question of how...

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