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. ... Although, we will see more clearly in Federalist 51 that there are limitations on each branch shown in th...

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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. ... "As long as we can preserve our unalienable rights, we are in safety," as it says in the Anti-Federalist Paper number four. ... As my statement stands, I am in full opposition of the Anti-Federalist movement. ... In the end, it is in everyone's best interest, even the Anti-Federalists, to come together and urge a strong central...

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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 were supporters of the growth of federal power and a strong central government. ... The Federalist Party was led by Alexander Hamilton. ... The Federalists implied the power to create the national bank. ... This stayed consistent with the broad constructionist point of view of the Federalists. ... This was quite a strict constructionist act that the Federalists did, making the lines between Federalists and Republicans seem to blur. ...

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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 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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This paper will focus on the opinions of Robert Yates (Brutus) who is anti federalist and Madison who is a supporter of federalism. ... He, like several other anti- federalists, believed that once the people gave up their freedom, the government would take advantage of them. ... This was the key factor the anti federalists were fighting against. ... (Siemers, 2003) Supporters of federalism like James Madison are known as federalists. ... (James Madison the federalist, No 51)...

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This was a true Federalist ideal, in which Hamilton's political power was increasing as well. ... Although Jefferson disagrees with Hamilton's idea of assuming the debt and criticizes the Federalist's principles, he is still aware that the Federalists are gaining tremendous power and support at this time. ... The Federalists were appalled, for they believed a commercial society was essential to their nation. ... The Federalists again changed their viewpoints during the War of 1812 when Webster, a Federalist, accused the Republicans of tyranny. ... The Republicans and Fede...

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Then, in the beginning of the presidencies, the Federalists practiced a strong central government and loose construction. The Federalists stood for the general welfare clause because it had the interests of the people in mind. Unlike the Republicans, the Federalists believed the merchants were the backbone of the economy. ... Internal Improvements was another reversal for the Federalists. ... The Federalists stood in favor of the Jay Treaty and the Alien Sedition Acts. ...

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As the two-party system emerged, Hamiltonian Federalists and Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans disagreed on many matters. ... Because most European immigrants lacked wealth, they were looked down upon by the aristocratic Federalists. The Federalist congress decided to raise the residence requirements for aliens to become citizens from five years to an unreasonable fourteen years. ... The Federalists defended this law as a war measure, which still didn't seem plausible. ... Federalists, on the other hand, defended the Sedition Act as a necessary measure for the government's sa...

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The two major dominating political parties that existed in the early nineteenth century were the Jeffersonian Republicans and the Federalists. ... The Federalist Party viewed the Constitution as the starting place, as they believed that they could shape and improvise the document as they choose. ... During the early years of the nineteenth century, Jefferson was running to hold the title of the presidency, while the Federalist Party was beginning to fade away. ... At this convention, the Federalist Party stated that the states should have the power to intervene if the government was establishi...

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During the time period between 1791 and 1833, a two-party system had begun that demonstrated the philosophy of the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. ... Hamilton was joined by Vice President John Quincy Adams leading the Federalists, who acknowledged a strong central government. ... " Federalists, who were now out of power in the executive branch and a minority in the law-based branch, began to protest America's involvement. ... The Democrat-Republicans were more likely a party that supported "loose construction" and the Federalists the adverse. Succeeding the electio...

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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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At the time of the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1791 those who supported it where called Federalist and those who didn't where called Anti-Federalist. ... The Anti-Federalist preferred the union as it was "well constructed and protective of its citizen's liberties."" ... Based on this belief the Anti-Federalist argued that against the adoption of the Constitution. ... While the federalist aimed to control minority faction through a system of checks and balance, the Anti-Federalist wished to eliminate faction as much as possible. ... With this mindset the An...

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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 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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Aside from the conflict with France, discord was found among the two major political parties of the time, Federalists and Anti-Federalists, or Jeffersonians. ... In response to the Jeffersonians efforts to gain this support and inform people of the Federalist's faults, John Adams, a federalist president, created a controversial act known as the Sedition Act of 1798. ... It was primarily created to silence the republican or Jeffersonian criticism of the Federalists that had been taking place and also to destroy Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party, who was running for office against ...

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Madison, which was held in 1803, pitted the ideas of the Federalists against the newly appointed Republican government and if Marbury should be granted a commission to the court. ... Since he was given his commission in the Adams administration and now Jefferson was president many felt Madison did this deliberately since he was a republican and Marbury a federalist. ...

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In Federalist 10 he addresses the issues of factions among the people. ... Rather than abolishing these groups and the liberty they are endowed with along with them, in Federalist Paper 10, he provides a solution to the problem opposing groups would form. ... In Federalist Paper 10's penultimate paragraph, Madison uses examples to make the point that there may exist a difference in opinion among different factions, but these differences will never be enough to destroy underlying union among them all. ...

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Madison's major points are made in Federalist Papers ten and fifty-one. Madison's main concern in Federalist Paper number ten is that the Constitution provides the people with a government that protects them against factions. ... Federalist Paper number fifty-one stresses that there is a need for checks and balances between the diverse departments of the government: executive, legislative, and judicial. ... Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Papers, for example, was his way of anticipating federalism. ... Roche also went on to call Madison and Hamilton's Federalist Paper...

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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. ... Republican newspapers were railing against the Federalist and especially against the Sedition bill. ... Baches ability to get the story out caused much consternation among Federalist. ...

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In Federalist #10, James Madison summed up factions eloquently stating that "Liberty is faction, what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires." ... James Madison's most amazing political prediction, contained within the pages of Federalist 10, was that the United States being so large and having such a wide variety of interests could make a guarantee of fairness and constancy under the new constitution. ...

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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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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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