american polit essay
Miri Frei
American Politics
4/13/14
After they won the revolutionary war, the newly independent colonies had a new kind of battle ahead of them, setting up a new government to unite under. Their first attempt was the Articles of Confederation. This plan gave a lot of power to the states and did not set up a strong central government. It ultimately failed which caused the framers to hold another Continental Congress to decide on a new way to set up the government. From this was born our great Constitution. However the Constitution did not have a smooth start in the new nation. Great controversy surrounded its ratification and many people found fault in the way it set up such the national government. During this time a group of people called Federalists, among them John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, tried to convince the public of the greatness in the constitution. John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote a series of essays titled The Federalist Papers which discuss the different factors of the Constitution and why they are needed. In answer to the Federalist Papers a group of Anti-Federalist published papers discussing why the Constitution was too strong, unnecessary and even dangerous. Each of the parties that were involved in the ratification of the constitution, either pro or against its acceptance, used pseudonyms. Chief among them, on the pro ratification side was, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. They presented their argument in the Federalist papers under the pseudonym Publius after the Roman consul Publius Valerius Publicola, who was involved in overthrowing the monarchy in Rome and instating the new republic. The constitution mirrored what Publius had then been trying to do.
The anti-ratification opinion, was presented by Robert Yates, under the name Brutus the Roman republican involved in the assassination of Caesar (immortalized by the Caesars famous last words, “e tu Brute”) (Storing).
They argued over
American Politics
4/13/14
After they won the revolutionary war, the newly independent colonies had a new kind of battle ahead of them, setting up a new government to unite under. Their first attempt was the Articles of Confederation. This plan gave a lot of power to the states and did not set up a strong central government. It ultimately failed which caused the framers to hold another Continental Congress to decide on a new way to set up the government. From this was born our great Constitution. However the Constitution did not have a smooth start in the new nation. Great controversy surrounded its ratification and many people found fault in the way it set up such the national government. During this time a group of people called Federalists, among them John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, tried to convince the public of the greatness in the constitution. John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote a series of essays titled The Federalist Papers which discuss the different factors of the Constitution and why they are needed. In answer to the Federalist Papers a group of Anti-Federalist published papers discussing why the Constitution was too strong, unnecessary and even dangerous. Each of the parties that were involved in the ratification of the constitution, either pro or against its acceptance, used pseudonyms. Chief among them, on the pro ratification side was, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. They presented their argument in the Federalist papers under the pseudonym Publius after the Roman consul Publius Valerius Publicola, who was involved in overthrowing the monarchy in Rome and instating the new republic. The constitution mirrored what Publius had then been trying to do.
The anti-ratification opinion, was presented by Robert Yates, under the name Brutus the Roman republican involved in the assassination of Caesar (immortalized by the Caesars famous last words, “e tu Brute”) (Storing).
They argued over