This lesson explores the Federalist Papers (USA: TeachDemocracy 2022-26).

During the Revolutionary War, the colonists had to set up a new government. The first government
was set up under the Articles of Confederation. This document created a weak government. This
was what Americans wanted because of their experiences with the British government. They
wanted a government that would not take away their freedom.

But the government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak. So delegates met in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention. They wrote a new Constitution that created a stronger government. People at the time debated whether the Constitution should be adopted. Much of this debate took place in the newspapers. Two delegates from the Continental Convention, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, and diplomat John Jay wrote articles in New York newspapers favoring the Constitution.

These articles were later published in book form and called the Federalist Papers.

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