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Federalist Papers

Printed between 1787 and 1788, the Federalist Papers were a collection of 85 essays in support of the ratification of the US Constitution.

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This group supported a strong national or central government?

In the debate around the ratification of the Constitution in the United States in 1788, those in favor of the Constitution and its concept of a strong centralized government were called Federalists.

Who supported the Federalist Papers?

Alexander Hamilton organized writing the Federalist Papers, a series of 85 essays he, James Madison and John Jay penned in support of ratifying the US Constitution.

What are the Federalists papers?

After the Constitution of The United States was proposed, it faced tremendous opposition. It needed someone to answer its critics and defend its provisions. In New York, the fight over ratifying the Constitution was so contentious that James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and Joy Jay wrote 85 essays advocating ratification. The three men published their essays under the shared pseudonym "Publius."

Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. These were later published as a collection called The Federalist or The New Constitution in 1788. The series's correct title is The Federalist; the title The Federalist Papers did not emerge until the twentieth century.

The Federalist Papers are recognized as some of the "greatest political writings in American history."
A collection of essays arguing the merits of the constitution

How did Alexander Hamilton's James Madison's and John Jay's essays in the Federalist Papers differ?

Alexander Hamilton's, James Madison's, and John Jay's essays differ because each one of them focuses on a different part of the government for instance Hamilton talks about unions, Madison talks about the separation of government between the states, and Jay talks about the dangers of foreign forces.

In the 1780s the publication of The Federalist Papers was intended to?

In the 1780s the publication of The Federalist Papers was intended to encourage ratification of the United States constitution.

What did the Federalist essays do?

Im not completley sure about this answer but I did some research saying that the The Federalist essays argued for a strong government and was written by Alexander Hamliton

Anti federalist paper 8?

It basically talks about how congress could use it's power over the armies to create a massive army and power of tax to put the nation in debt causing it to fail as reasons to limit the national government power over both.

Who did Thomas Jefferson inherit the federalist papers from?

Jefferson didn't inherit the papers from anyone. The men who wrote them were peers of Jefferson and they were strong nationalists. The essays argued that the system proposed in the Constitution would preserve the union and empower the federal government to act firmly and coherently in national interests.

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

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.

What were the Federalist Papers and who wrote them?

The Federalist Papers are a series of political articles written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton. The articles, published in 1787 and 1788, were written to gain popular support for the newly proposed United States Constitution. They would establish the tenets of what would become the political philosophy of Federalism in the United States.

How many essays were published under the federalist papers?

The Federalist Papers comprised 85 essays published between October 1787 and June 1788.

Would you italicize The Federalist Papers or put the title in quotation marks?

It would look nicer to italicize The Federalist Papers, but it is also acceptable to underline the title of books.

According to the federalist papers what was the most dangerous branch of government?

From the research I've done, in Federalist Paper #78, it says that the Judicial Branch is the lease dangerous. You might want to double check that, though ^.~

All of the following men wrote letters contained in The Federalist except?

Patrick Henry did not write a letter contained in The Federalist. Henry was one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S., and served as Governor of Virginia.

Did paper money work well or not during the Revolutionary War. Why.?

No it didn't. for a few good reasons:

1) The money was easy to counterfit

2) Congress made too much money. example: If everyone has 5 million $100 bills, the $100 bills aren't worth anything

3) Congress had very little to back up the money. Like we have gold to back up our money, congress didn't have that.