The Federalist Papers And How It Benefits The US

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The Federalist Papers were a series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and Thomas Jefferson, the Federalist Papers were meant to explain how the U.S. Constitution works and how it benefits the country. The three men wrote the papers as an effort to promote public support for the ratification of the Constitution. In addition to promoting support for the new American government, The Federalist Papers also promoted support for Alexander Hamilton's ideas regarding national security and banking. The Federalist Papers helped get the Constitution ratified by the states, creating a stronger federal government than the Articles of Confederation. The Federalist papers were published to try and convince the states, mainly New York to ratify …show more content…

These papers discussed how the new government would be beneficial to the American people. Alexander Hamilton wrote that “A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trusts for which it is responsible, free from every other control but a regard to the public good and to the sense of the people.” The government was there to do good for the American people and to complete the responsibilities that it has. People that were against the new Constitution argued that it created too strong a government but supporters of the new government argued that a stronger federal government would be a good thing and there were still things put into place that would prevent the government from gaining too much power. The papers argued that the government would have more power than it did before but it would positively impact the American people. These papers were used to influence the people of New York to ratify the Constitution by discussing some of the most important political issues at the …show more content…

The Federalists Papers say that the federal government should be able to levy taxes on the people so that the government can perform its duties. Alexander Hamilton said, “Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it to perform its most essential functions.” The federal government's power to be able to collect taxes from the American people citizens is necessary for the country to run properly. The Federalist Paper's argument for taxes is that the government needs to collect taxes so that it can provide for the American citizens and be able to run correctly. Alexander Hamilton explains that “A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trusts for which it is responsible, free from every other control but a regard to the public good and to the sense of the people.” These papers are saying that being taxed by a strong federal government is a good thing because it allows the government to do things that benefit the American