federal government
Federal Government
GOVT 2305
Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy
Whitnee Branham Unit 1 Essay
Federal Government 9/13/2014
United States Constitution and the Federalist Papers
October 27, 1787 was the day when the Federalist Papers where first published in the New York press under the signature of "Publius". The Federalist Papers brought political thought in American to an all high importance. After the Revolutionary war, many Americans started to realize that the Articles of Confederation was not doing much justice and was just not working in general. This lead to rivalry among the states over land, commerce, and the repayment of public debate. America strongly wanted a government that would maintain national unity but to a certain existent. Delegates then decided to meet at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 to find an answer to this new form of government that America was searching for. Their solution became the United States Constitution. Before the delegates could put the Constitution into action they had to get it ratified and approved by nine of the thirteen states. The future for the United States then rested in the hands of the citizens. Questions began to ponder their minds on whether they where open to a new idea of a government for their states. Shortly a public debate began to form in each state, should the Constitution be accepted or not?
The Constitution was ratified by all the states in May 1790. Days after the Constitution was signed, it became a widespread subject of criticism in the New York newspapers. One man whom feared that the Constitution might be lost in his own state, Alexander Hamilton began to brainstorm a series of essays that denied these claims that the
GOVT 2305
Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy
Whitnee Branham Unit 1 Essay
Federal Government 9/13/2014
United States Constitution and the Federalist Papers
October 27, 1787 was the day when the Federalist Papers where first published in the New York press under the signature of "Publius". The Federalist Papers brought political thought in American to an all high importance. After the Revolutionary war, many Americans started to realize that the Articles of Confederation was not doing much justice and was just not working in general. This lead to rivalry among the states over land, commerce, and the repayment of public debate. America strongly wanted a government that would maintain national unity but to a certain existent. Delegates then decided to meet at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 to find an answer to this new form of government that America was searching for. Their solution became the United States Constitution. Before the delegates could put the Constitution into action they had to get it ratified and approved by nine of the thirteen states. The future for the United States then rested in the hands of the citizens. Questions began to ponder their minds on whether they where open to a new idea of a government for their states. Shortly a public debate began to form in each state, should the Constitution be accepted or not?
The Constitution was ratified by all the states in May 1790. Days after the Constitution was signed, it became a widespread subject of criticism in the New York newspapers. One man whom feared that the Constitution might be lost in his own state, Alexander Hamilton began to brainstorm a series of essays that denied these claims that the