Federalist 51 Analysis

Part I.
Short Answer: 3 points each

Directions: In your own words, please explain each of the five terms below in at least five, but no more than seven sentences. 1. Property- According to Locke, in the state of nature, property is obtained when a man exerts his labor into something and it thus becomes his. For example, when a man picks and apple off a tree the apple is then his because his body and his labor obtained the apple, so it therefore belongs to no one else. In the state of nature, however, a man can only take what he needs, for a surplus of property can only be so advantageous before some of the goods begin to spoil. Therefore, men can barter with each other to obtain their needs and give up their surplus, and eventually the
Federalist 51- James Madison published Federalist 51 in order to explain how the structure of the United States government protects against tyranny. Federalist 51 is interesting because it explains how the proposed U.S. government operates in terms of dualities. First, Madison explains how the structure of the U.S. government allows for mutual branches. By this he means that the relationship between the branches of government operates in a way that keeps other branches in check of their power, while also providing the “means and motives” (Madison 319) that allow for the administrators of one branch of government to protect their branch. Additionally, Madison explains how the U.S. government is different from governments, particularly monarchies, history has seen by explaining that because representatives are elected, they have to operate by and in the will of the people, contrasting monarchy that normally acts in its own self interest. What is more, however, is that Madison explains that the constitution also accounts for the “human nature” of self-interest that will inevitably control the actions of some administrators, but how the structure of the government works in a way that acting in self-interest also protects the liberty and rights of the common
“the three races”- Tocqueville observes in Democracy in America that three races exist within the United States: whites, blacks, and Indians. Whites are the ruling race in American society, “the most powerful, the happiest” (Tocqueville 371) race, and blacks and Indians are inferior. According to what Tocqueville has observed in America, blacks in the United States “bow to the tastes of his oppressors, adopts their opinions and, by imitation, aim to unite with them” (Tocqueville 373) or, in other words, aim to assimilate with whites, whereas Indians reject European society and aim to maintain their culture and way of life, which will inevitably lead to their