Essays on The Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison wrote a series of essays, 85 in all, between October 1787 and the following May. The three wanted to convince New Yorkers to replace the Articles of Confederation with the new U.S. Constitution. Each essay…

The Federalist Papers, the Constitution, and Separation of Powers During the time of creation of the American Constitution there was no government and very little order. Even after the creation of the Articles of Confederation, there was still unbalance in the government and many state…

According to Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, authors of the Federalist Papers, the union of the States would be better as a large republic, firmly connected by a more powerful, centralized government than that which existed under the Articles of Confederation. The necessity of such…

The documents which occurred as a result of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 are some of the most important and powerful pieces of legislation in American history. The Articles of Confederation, Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States helped to provide the foundation…