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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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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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 common issue that Madison discusses in Federalist Papers #10 and #51 are the proliferation of political factions in society. He notes that man is a violent animal who likes conflict, and suggests in both essays that the only way to solve these factions is to allow for a society where many of ...

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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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In his book, he argues that the members of the Convention were indifferent about the future economic well being of America as long as the wealthy stayed wealthy, and he supported his thesis through citations of the Federalist Papers, particularly Madison's Federalist No. 10. ... Beard uses Federalist No. 10 in order to show us that "the first and elemental concern of every government is economic" (Beard 120). ... It is evident in Federalist No. 10 that issues such, as religion are significantly more dangerous. ... If it were the case that the Framers work reflected their pers...

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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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Madison, later a congressman, drafted a bill of rights, drawing heavily upon the Virginia Declaration of Rights that was the work primarily of anti-federalist George Mason. ... The Act was enforced against Republican papers in an effort to keep Jefferson's party from defeating the federalists in the 1800 election. ...

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The "separation between church and state" has been an ongoing debate for a long time in American history. What is meant by this, is that government should stay out of the church's business. Religion has been a part of America for some time now and continues to be now. The first amendment, also know...

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