Social Sciences and History / Unit 7 SSH 0613 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Federalists, Anti-Federalists, and the Eighty-Five Essays
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The idea
Anti-Federalists objected to federal power and the missing bill of rights. Federalists answered that a strong government was necessary and promised a bill of rights. The Federalist Papers, eighty-five essays by Hamilton, Madison and Jay, argued the new government would not turn tyrannical.
In practice
Unit 01's 0025 reads a founding document.
Where people slip
The promise of a bill of rights carried ratification.
Your place on the trail
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