Similar articles were published in opposition to the Constitution there was no central author or group of authors organizing the opposition, so the "Anti-Federalist Papers" are not so clearly defined. Ratification of the Constitution was not a foregone conclusion many were wary of a strong federal government, which they feared would take too much power from the states. Richard Beeman's Plain, Honest Men ( e-book, e-audio, print) is a thorough account of the Constitutional Convention. The original goal was to revise the Articles of Confederation, but the delegates eventually decided to write an entirely new constitution and strengthen the federal government. In the summer of 1787, the states sent delegates to Philadelphia for a Constitutional Convention.
It was difficult for the United States to conduct foreign policy under the Articles, for instance, because the government had no real power to compel the individual states to comply with any treaties it might be party to. It soon became clear that the new country needed a stronger central government. The federal government was a weak one, consisting only of a Continental Congress, with no president or judiciary, and no ability to collect taxes.
The original governing document of the United States, the Articles of Confederation, brought the states together in a loose federation. The articles were originally published under the pseudonym "Publius," but scholars now believe that 51 of them were written by Hamilton, 29 by Madison, and 5 by Jay. Over the next ten months, three men – Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay – would write 85 essays and articles arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution.
#The federalist papers were written by series#
On October 27, 1787, the first article was published in a series that would come to be known as the Federalist Papers ( e-book, e-audio, print).
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