What was the purpose of the Federalist papers and who wrote them?
1 Answer
Feb 25, 2018
The Federalist Papers are eighty-five letters written to newspapers in the late 1780s to urge the ratification of the US Constitution
Explanation:
With the Constitution in need of approval from nine of thirteen states, the press received countless letters about the controversial document. Celebrated statesmen Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay weighed in with a series of essays under the pseudonym “Publius,” arguing that the proposed system would preserve the Union and enable the federal government to act firmly and coherently in the interest of the nation. These articles were written in the spirit both of promotion and of logical argument and were published as The Federalist in 1788.
