What two founding fathers wrote the Federalist Papers?
Federalist Papers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Title page of the first printing of the Federalist Papers (1788). The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist; or, The New Constitution, was published in two volumes in 1788 by J. and A. McLean.[1] The series’s correct title is The Federalist; the title The Federalist Papers did not emerge until the twentieth century. The Federalist remains a primary source for interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, as the essays outline a lucid and compelling version of the philosophy and motivation of the proposed system of government.[2] The authors of The Federalist wanted both to influence the vote in favor of ratification and to shape future in
The founding fathers got together in Annapolis, Maryland, and wrote a Constitution for a new kind of government. The proposed constitution faced a lot of opposition. Three men answered the critics with a group of documents called The Federalist Papers. Those documents explained the reasoning behind the various points in given in the constitution. One criticism was the lack of a bill of rights. The Federalist Papers explained that amendments would provide for that. Another complained about the presidential pardon. The federalist papers explained that if a rebellion occurred, it would be better for the president to pardon the rebels and simply end the war rather than insist on punishing every rebel. That way the rebels would put down their arms and go home. That was what happened after the Civil War! The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journa
