These are the Federalist papers. They were written to help give the American people a better idea of what laws would be governing them.
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The Federalist Papers.
a series of 85 articles and essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Articles 1-10 were used to persuade the colonists to ratify the Constitution. The states wanted their rights written down on paper to prevent the government from taking them away later, so the Bill of Rights (amendments 1-10) were created and the original 13 colonies ratified the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers. The famous work that these men wrote was called the federalist papers. These papers were created in order to gain support for the proposed constitution. The Federalist Papers consisted of a series of articles written under the pen name of Publius which was actually Hamilton, Madison, and Jay. Some would call it the most significant public-relations campaign in history.
"Just one week after the text [The Constitution] was published, a New York newspaper denounced the Constitution in an article penned under the pseudonym "Cato." Cato was in fact the governor of the state, George Clinton. He was soon joined by "Sidney" and "Brutus" in a series of Anti-Federalist articles."-BJU textbook (United States History) p.147
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Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine in 1776.
The Federalist Papers
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False. The Federalist Papers were a defence for the brand new Constitution of the US in a series of articles written in 1787-1788.
One of the most important defenses of the Constitution appeared in a series of essays that became known as the Federalist Papers. These essays supporting the Constitution were written anonymously under the name Publius. They were actually written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay.
The anti-federalists were opposed to the Constitution and actually wanted the Articles of Confederation to be revised if anything.Also, the Federalists (who wanted the constitution) wrote a series of essays to support the Constsitution and to inform people on why the Constitution is a good thing and that it will help America become a more stable country. Some writers are John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton.
The federalist papers were a series of articles that were written for the New York paper. Their purpose was to persuade the anti federalists to ratify the newly published Constitution. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison were the authors of these articles; the most famous of the papers is probably Madison's Federalist No. 10. The articles can still be read, as they are sold in book form as The Federalist.
anti-federalists wrote the articles in 1787
anti-federalists wrote the articles in 1787
The Federalist Papers
a series of 85 articles and essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.