Federalist 08

The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States From the New York Packet. Tuesday, November 20, 1787. Author: Alexander Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: ASSUMING it therefore as an established truth that the several States, in case of disunion, or such combinations of them as might happen to be formed out […]

Federalist 07

The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States For the Independent Journal. Author: Alexander Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: IT IS sometimes asked, with an air of seeming triumph, what inducements could the States have, if disunited, to make war upon each other? It would be a […]

Federalist 06

Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States For the Independent Journal. Author: Alexander Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: THE three last numbers of this paper have been dedicated to an enumeration of the dangers to which we should be exposed, in a state of disunion, from the arms and arts […]

Federalist 05

The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence For the Independent Journal. Author: John Jay To the People of the State of New York: QUEEN ANNE, in her letter of the 1st July, 1706, to the Scotch Parliament, makes some observations on the importance of the UNION then forming between England and […]

Federalist 04

The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence For the Independent Journal. Author: John Jay To the People of the State of New York: MY LAST paper assigned several reasons why the safety of the people would be best secured by union against the danger it may be exposed to by JUST […]

Federalist 03

The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence For the Independent Journal. Author: John Jay To the People of the State of New York: IT IS not a new observation that the people of any country (if, like the Americans, intelligent and wellinformed) seldom adopt and steadily persevere for many years in […]

Federalist 02

Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence For the Independent Journal. Author: John Jay To the People of the State of New York: WHEN the people of America reflect that they are now called upon to decide a question, which, in its consequences, must prove one of the most important that ever engaged their attention, […]

Federalist 01

General Introduction For the Independent Journal. Author: Alexander Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its […]

United States Bill of Rights

Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Amendment II A well regulated Militia, being necessary […]

The Federalist Papers (Index)

Federalist 01 – General Introduction (Hamilton) Federalist 02 – Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence (Jay) Federalist 03 – The Same Subject Continued (Jay) (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence) Federalist 04 – The Same Subject Continued (Jay) (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence) Federalist 05 – The Same Subject Continued (Jay) […]