A fact I learned is that the Federalists who wrote the Federalist Papers went by Publius. Another fact I learned was that opposers of the Constitution called themselves, Brutus or Cato.

A question I have is why did the Federalists want to hide their identities from the public? Wouldn’t it have been better to be more open to the public if they stated their names and had been honest with who they were and what they wanted?

1. The argument about the Constitution was about how much power the national government should have.

2. They added the Bill of Rights to prevent abuse of power and the protect individuals

3. The anti-federalists opposed the Constitution because they feared it would give certain people to much power and there would be no freedom.

   
   

   2 interesting facts:

   1. Hamilton believed that judges should serve life long terms because it will give them an "independent spirit".

   2. The federalists tended to live in big cities but the anti-federalists usually lived in rural areas.

   1 question:

   1. What was a reason stated in the Federalist Papers that convinced a lot of people to support the Constitution?

1. Anti Federalists believed that a strong national government would lead to people not being listened to.

2. John Jay didn’t sign the Constitution as he was not at the convention, but still defended it.

3. The Federalist Papers were very well received, and many people outside of New York wanted to read them.

Found Interesting:

1. Many Federalists were actually Frontier settlers who believed that a strong federal government could protect them from Native Americans.

2. Anti-Federalists typically lived in more rural areas.

Question:

1. What percentage of the Federalist Papers did Hamilton write?

A republic only works in smaller governments. Congress first met in 1789.

Why do senators only have six year terms?

2. Hamilton was a lawyer. Hamilton p his first essay in October.

1. Why didn’t James Maddison talk during the constitutional convention?

1. 27 amendments have been added to the Constitution.

2. Arguments were being made about why there should/should not be a republic.

3. Anti-federalists also wrote essays in newspapers, using Roman names.

2 interesting facts:

1. It was James Madison’s duty to add a bill of rights to the Constitution.

2. After World War I, the Constitution allowed women to have the right to vote.

1 question I have:

1. Would we still have the Articles of Confederation if it weren’t for the Federalist Papers?

• The Federalist papers were originally written under a pen name: “Publius”

• Federalists tended to live on the coast and Anti-federalists lived in rural areas.

• Anti-federalists thought of a national government as distant and unrelated to them

2 interesting facts from the reading:

• Alexander Hamilton was a lawyer from New York

• Anti-federalists we’re against a republic

1 question I have:

Why didn’t the framers originally want to include a Bill of Rights?

2 interesting facts from the reading are…

• Hamilton was a lawyer

• Hamilton was the only delegate from New York who signed the Constituion

1 Question I Have…

What gave Hamilton the courage to speak out about how he believed in the the Constitution? Was he afraid of what the other New Yorkers would think?

2. I learned how the bill of rights were added

3. I learned about the main differences between the articles of Confederation and the Constitution.

   2- 1. One fact is that Alexander Hamilton was a lawyer.

   2. The Articles of Confederation did not have the power to hold an army.

      1- Who wrote the Articles of Confederation?

      Written by: Fari Faye

1. Antifederalists wanted more power to the states and the people.

2. Federalists wanted a stronger federal government.

3. I learned about the separation of powers in which the power is separated in government.

2 Interesting Facts

1. Most Federalists lived in the city and most Antifederalists lived in more rural areas.

2. Hamilton, Jay, and Madison all used the pen name “Publius”.

1 Question

1. Who were some of the people who wrote the Antifederalist essays?

1. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote the Federalist Papers

2. A person’s work/home influences whether they were a federalist or an antifederalist.

3. The Bill of Rights was added separately from the Constitution.

   Two interesting facts I found were that the Federalist Papers were actually popular, and that some frontier settlers supported that Constitution.

   One question I have is how did they get the last two states, North Carolina and Rhode Island to sign the Constitution?

1. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay signed the federalist papers with the name “Publius”.

2. In Federalist Paper no. 78, Hamilton stated that judges should serve life terms because of the independence from the president or Congress.

Was there any chance for the delegates to outlaw slavery?

Eleanor Shin

1) Hamilton was a lawyer from New York. Madison, Jay and him wrote 85 essays supporting the constitution to the New York papers.

2)The main arguments between the federalist and anti federalist was that federalists thought it was unnecessary to add another bill of rights. While anti federalists argued adding the bill of rights was necessary.

3) Adding the Bill of Rights limited the governments power.

2 interesting facts

Anti federalists tended to live in rural areas while Federalists tended to live in big coastal cities.

The Federalist Papers are still important today because it gives us an insight of what the writers of the Constitution had in mind when they drafted it 200 years ago.

1 question

Are the federalist papers still preserved today?

-I learned that Federalists are people who support the Constitution and they favored a strong central government.

-I learned that Anti-Federalists are people who oppose the ratification of the Constitution and they favored giving more power to the state governments.

-I learned that the Federalists Papers are 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay that defended the Constitution.

2 interesting facts from the reading:

-Federalists generally lived in big coastal cities and Anti-Federalists generally lived in rural areas.

-James Madison proposed a set of 12 amendments but the states only ratified 10 of those and added them to the Constitution.

1 question I still have:

Before the ratification of the Constitution, who ran the United States; Congress, the military, or someone or something else?

I also learned more about why the federalist papers were written and how it affects our knowledge to this day. Lastly, I learned about the different perspectives and points made between the federalists and anti federalists. One interesting fact was that over the last 200 years, only 27 amendments had been added to the Constitution. Another interesting fact was that New York and Virginia were the last states to approve the Constitution. One question I have is, When they first introduced the states with the constitution, did the majority of people support these new set of laws or did they not agree with the laws of the constitution?

Moka Kawai

2 facts. there were 85 essays for the constitution. there were all but 2 states agreeing to the constitution.

1 question. why didn't rhode island want to come to the conventions?

Anti-Federalists thought the Constitution would bring back a tyranny since it owned more power than what was seen in the British Government

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay all went by the publish name “Publius”

The Federalists believed it was a waste of time to add a bill of rights, yet some anti-federalists, George Manson, Patrick

Henry, and Mercy Otis Warren disagreed.

2 Facts:

People believed that the Constitution would resemble the British Government, leading to destruction of American freedom.

James Madison was called the father of the Constitution

1 Question:

What are some of the amendments in the bill of rights?

1. I learned that people like Alexander Hamilton used Roman names to sign their papers or writings. Publius was one of them.

2. I learned what a republic is.

3. I learned that Rhode Island and North Carolina didn’t vote for ratification.

   Interesting Facts

   1. Alexander Hamilton was a Lawyer.

   2. The Bill of rights has been around for more than 200 years.

   1. Question

   How long after the constitution did they elect George Washington as president.

   
   

1. The original Constitution didn't have a bill of rights.

2. most people didn't care if the Constitution had a bill of rights

3. I learned about why anti federalists believed what they believed

   interesting facts

   1. There were 85 essays written for the constitution

   2. Alexander Hamilton was a lawyer

      one question

      1. why were so many essays written

1. The vote for ratification was so close that James Madison finally proposed to Congress that a set of 12 official amendments or changes be added to the Constitution.

2. The main arguments between the federalists and antifederalists was that the federalists thought another bill of rights was unnecessary, but the antifederalists thought it was necessary to add the bill of rights to the constitution to protect individuals and states and to prevent abuse of power by the federal government.

3. Adding the bill of rights limited the governments power.

2 interesting facts:

1. Federalists tended to live in big coastal cities, and antifederalists tended to be from more rural areas.

2. The Constitution and the bill of rights served in 5r U.S. government for more than 200 years.

1 question:

Why didn’t North Carolina and Rhode Island believe that the Constitution would be better?

By: Valeria Lopez