What is the historical context of the Federalist Papers?
Federalist papers, formally The Federalist, series of 85 essays on the proposed new Constitution of the United States and on the nature of republican government, published between 1787 and 1788 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in an effort to persuade New York state voters to support ratification.
What was the impact of the Federalist Papers?
The 85 essays succeeded by helping to persuade doubtful New Yorkers to ratify the Constitution. Today, The Federalist Papers helps us to more clearly understand what the writers of the Constitution had in mind when they drafted that amazing document 200 years ago.
Why did farmers oppose the constitution?
Include information about how both sides convinced state ratifying committees to support or oppose the Constitution. Why did many farmers oppose the Constitution? They wanted a bill of rights to protect basic liberties from the powers of the government.
Did farmers support the Constitution?
Many ordinary farmers did support the Constitution because they accepted the Federalists’ arguments that the nation was languishing under a government with insufficient power to levy taxes for national defense, conduct a muscular foreign policy, and devise national solutions to other national problems.
Why did Warren oppose ratifying the new constitution?
Mercy Otis Warren opposed the new Constitution, fearing that it would threaten our “rights of conscience” and “liberty of the press,” and create a dangerously powerful national government. She was alarmed at how the executive and legislature were “dangerously blended.”
Why did federalists oppose the Bill of Rights?
When challenged over the lack of individual liberties, the Federalists argued that the Constitution did not include a bill of rights because the new Constitution did not vest in the new government the authority to suppress individual liberties.
Why is the Bill of Rights unnecessary?
Federalists argued that the Constitution did not need a bill of rights, because the people and the states kept any powers not given to the federal government. Anti-Federalists held that a bill of rights was necessary to safeguard individual liberty.