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The Federalists Papers were made to help spread approval for the Constitution. While the Constitution was written first, the Papers were publihsed before the Constituion was ratified.

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What came first the intolerable acts or the first continental congress?

The Constitutional Convention happened first. The Convention ran from May 21 to September 17, 1787; the first essays of the Federalist Papers appeared in New York newspapers on October 5, 1787 and ended on June 27, 1788, shortly after the ninth state (New Hampshire) ratified the Constitution and accepted it as the framework for the new government.


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Yes, the reason the Bill of Rights was created was to protect the rights of the nations citizens. The main reason it came about was to appease the anti-federalist in the 1780's when the constitution was to be originally ratified.


What came first the bill of rights or the constitution?

Constitution if u belive me im a genius if u get it wrong dont blame me blame the computer or the question:) have a great day.... i was told this awnser anyways


What is the meaning of the words articles of confederation?

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The first political parties in the US were?

The first political parties were the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. Anti-federalists was not a party but rather a faction of U.S. politics and existed when the Constitution was ratified. They came into affect after the dispute over the National Bank. Hamilton, Secretary of Treasury, wanted to create a National Bank in order to create currency and stimulate business (being called the trickle down). Jefferson, Secretary of State, argued that the Constitution didn't authorize such financial control. This argument led to the formation of parties. The Federalist and the Democratic-Republicans a.k.a. (Jeffersonians or just Republicans)

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Which came first the federalists papers or the bill of rights?

On September 17, 1787, a majority of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention approved the Constitution. The Bill of Rights came into effect later on December 15, 1791, when they had been ratified by three-fourths of the States.


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No there were some who supported it, called Federalists and some who didn't support it beecause they wanted a Bill of Rights, called Anti-Federalists ******* To answer the criticisms and assist in its adoption, three men wrote a series of papers entitled "The Federalist Papers." Those papers answered the critics and assisted in getting the constitution adopted.


What came first the intolerable acts or the first continental congress?

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Why did political parties first form in America?

There were differing views between the founding fathers on the strength of the national government when writing the Constitution. The first political parties in the US were the Federalist and the Democratic-Republicans(jeffersonians). The federalist favored a strong centralized government, much like that of in England. While the Federalist favored states-rights and disliked the government of England.


Why are areas of federalist majority generally along the Atlantic sea-coat?

the Atlantic seacoast was the first place that the majority of the federalist bordered when they first came to the America.


Where did the notion of due process arise is it mentioned in the federalist papers cato's letters or other writings of the founding fathers?

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What was one reason John J had for writing the Federalist papers?

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