Why did John Jay James Madison and Alexander Hamilton write the Federalist Papers?

Answer 1

The Federalist (later known as The Federalist Papers) is a collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publish) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.

Answer 2

The Federalist (later known as The Federalist Papers) is a collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publish) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.

Answer 3

The Federalist (later known as The Federalist Papers) is a collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publish) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.

Answer 4

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay published The Federalist Papers under the name of Publius.

The essays originally appeared in three New York newspapers, the Independent Journal, the New York Packet, and the Daily Advertiser, between October 5, 1787 and June 27, 1788, and were intended to build popular support and convince the States (particularly New York) to ratify the new Constitution to replace the old government organized under the Articles of Confederation.

The reason the men thought the essays were necessary was strong, vocal resistance to the Constitution from a faction calling themselves the Anti-Federalists. The Anti-Federalists were concerned about the effect of the states ceding too much power to a central authority.

The two groups waged a verbal war in New York and Pennsylvania newspapers until the ninth state, New Hampshire, ratified the Constitution on June 21, 1788. Article VII required the agreement of 9 of 13 states; once the ninth state signed, the argument became moot.

Answer 5

To support a strong central government. that's it.