2. The Federalist Papers

3. The Federalist Papers
Series of newspaper articles written in support of Const. ( )
Written anonymously by
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
John Jay
85 articles total

4. YES! HR R S D D Federalist 10 (Madison)
who has more rights: the individual or the group?
can democracy exist in a large country?
3. how do we prevent one faction (group) from controlling country?
people do not have the same interests
YES! HR R S D D

5. Federalist 51 (Madison)
divide power, create separate branches of gov’t
each branch should be independent of others
legislative branch should be strongest – WHY?

6. Federalist 78 (Hamilton)
addressed worries over unelected judiciary
not directly responsible to people
Congress makes laws
pres. enforces laws, controls military
judiciary would be weakest, dependent upon pres and Congress to enforce decisions

7. Anti-Federalist Papers
85 articles, written parallel to Federalist Papers
Adoption of Const will lead to war between states (7)
Stronger gov’t threatened states’ rights (17)
Army may turn on people (24-25)
No Bill of Rights to protect people (84)