Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers were authored by three men under the nom de plume Publius. These men were Alexander Hamilton (future Secretary of the Treasury), John Jay (future Chief Justice), and James Madison (future Father of the Constitution and President).

i was looking for past papers... i know that the 2014 past paper is out for may/june...

i was wondering if any of you guys have any website that i can access to (9691 computing past papers)

They wanted to increase support for ratification of the Constitution.

government leaders must obey the same laws as other people

The new government would have too much power and the people wild have too little power

Because the new constitution would give the cenral government more power than it did under the Articles of Confederation, also because the federalist wanted a government wih more power than its states.

Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

The Federalist argued that the constitution needed to be ratified in order to correct the issues of the Articles of Confederation. The Federalist focused their arguments on the benefits of a national government.

The Federalist Papers, a collection of 85 essays written to convince the states of the benefits of uniting under a central government, helped gain popular support for, and encouraged the States to ratify, the US Constitution.

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay all wrote under the name Publius, latin for "public" I think. All of the essays they wrote were later put together and called the "Federalist Papers".

I know James Madison played a major role in drafting and ratifying the Constitution, which was the main subject of the Federalist Papers, but I don't know if the Papers had a principal author.

The Federalist effected the ratification because it gave an in-depth analysis and an explanation of Constitutional provisions, such as the separation of powers and the limits on the power of majorities, that remain important today. It listed the rights the Antifederalists believed should be protected, such as freedom of the press and of religion, guarantees against unreasonable searches of people and their homes, and the right to trial by jury.

Anyone whose name wasn't Alexander Hamilton, James Madison or John Jay.

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.

(James) Madison ▪ (Alexander) Hamilton ▪ (John) Jay ▪ Publius

There are a total of 85 articles and essays in The Federalist Papers. They were written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison and form the basis of the US Constitution, although it went through several amendments and changes in the process.

a collection of essays arguing the merits of the contatution
A collection of essays arguing the merits of the constitution
state and national governments share power.
to controll goverment

they provide the legal language for our laws.

No. The authors of the Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, all signed their essays with the pen name "Publius."

No, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay all wrote under the pseudonym "Publius."

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Your question must be directed to the role and value of the Federalist Papers as a whole, I suspect, because otherwise the answer would require a minutely detailed dissection of those letter that constitute the Federalist. The Federalist Papers offer the arguments in support of the ratification of the Constitution of 1787, proposed by the Constitutional Convention that met in Philadelphia. Today, they are one key source of understanding of the milieu that gave rise to the 1787 Convention and the document produced by it, of understanding of the scope and meaning of the provisions of that document, and of understanding the arguments made against that document and rebutted in the Federalist Papers. Moreover, they are quite the persuasive source on meaning when they speak relevantly to an issue in dispute today. To win ratification of the United States Constitution in New York state, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote a series of newspaper articles, under assumed names, in order to convince the public to support the new Constitution. The purpose of the articles was to explain and defend the writing of the Constitution. 85 articles were written between 1787-1788. The articles probably had little influence on New York approving the Constitution, but the essays have had a lasting value as authoritative explanations of the sections of the Constitution. The Federalist Papers, as they were called, have become the single most important piece of American political philosophy ever produced in America. Wikipedia has information about the Federalist Papers and many are explained in modern English. MrV