Essays on Federalist

Federalist Paper #10 Essay In perhaps the greatest installment of the federalist papers, James Madison describes how factions, which work against the interest of the public, can be controlled through a constitutional government. Factions are defined by Madison as groups of people that gather together …

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 (or “paper”) discusses …

Federalist 10: The Case for Gridlock James Madison argues in Federalist 10 that a powerful federal government prevents the majority rule problem of direct democracy. Madison argues that “factions” would inevitably gain majority rule and minority groups suffers as a result. To counteract factions and …

As the United States formed, two political parties emerged with the same goal of what would be the best for their country. However, both of these parties refused to listen to each other and argued what they thought was their own “perfect” ideal. When Thomas …

When America started out, there was the Congress, and they helped run everything next to the President (specifically at that time, George Washington). The people still voted for the people on Congress, but there weren’t many to choose from. Then the political groups started emerging, …

Federalist 10 was written by James Madison on November 22, 1787. The tenth paper was written to address factions, or a group of people who gather together to protect their special interests and political opinions. Factions can be amounted to a majority or a minority …

The Federalist Papers Several documents have helped carve the United States government from the beginning into what we know it as today…the Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence…to name a few. One of the most important of those documents was The Federalist …

The people of the United States had very different opinions on how government should be run, these differences in opinion caused a split between the people and the government. By the 1790’s two political parties formed, The Federalists and The Democratic Republicans. The Federalists were …

During the time immediately following the Revolutionary War, the country began to split into factions, or different political parties, each with their own view of how the country and its government should be run. The chief groups of influence were the Federalists and the Anti- …

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists Right after the Revolutionary War, the Thirteen Colonies were in an upheaval. They had only the very basis of a government and no figurehead. They took care of the latter by appointing George Washington as president, but as to the former, it …

The Federalists wanted to follow the filter model. This was a model of how they believed all the governments should be run. They wanted enlightened and superior men to govern because they were mainly high class. They also wanted to not have representatives directly responsible …

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 …