James Madison,Alexander Hamilton,and John Jay wrote a series of essays supporting the new Constitution called?

Question

A federalist

B antifederalist

bill of rights

D spirit of laws

Answer 1

Yes, it was the Federalist Papers http://www.foundingfathers.info/federali...

But it was not to support the "new Constitution." That had not been written yet. It was to support the writing of a Federalist constitution, vs a Nationalist constitution.

Federalism is the system of a loose national government wherein the States have most of the power.

"In a federal system, the national government holds significant power, but the smaller political subdivisions also hold significant power. The United States, Canada, Australia, and Brazil are examples of federal systems."

http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_f...

Under a National system, the States hold the least power. The Federalist Papers were written to sway the Constitutional Convention to their way of thinking.

Answer 2

Is this a test?

Answer 3

As everyone (so far) has noted it is what has become known as the ‘Federalist Papers’ of simply, ‘The federalist.’

It is also true that they were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, but under the pseudonym of ‘Publius.’  They are actually a collection of 85 letters to the public appearing at short intervals in the newspapers of New York City beginning on 27 October 1787.  As they continued to appear in the newspapers the first collection (of thirty-six letters) were collected and issued in an edition.  This continuous publication paused in letter 77 on 4 April 1788 and then resumed on 14 June 1788, concluding with the 85th letter on 16 August 1788.  On 28 May 1788 a second collected edition was published with the remaining letters 37 through 85.  You may note here that this second edition (with all of the remaining letters) appeared prior to the final ones appeared in the newspapers.  

Yaoi Shonen-ai is correct that a debate existed concerning the governmental concepts of a federalist system as opposed to nationalist system.  However, it was a debate encompassing more than the differences between those two concepts of government, this debate also included the concepts defining the Articles of Confederation (which had little real power at the general government level) and no general government at all with the States each acting independently with only periodic combined efforts.  This entire debate was under the umbrella of debating the pros and cons of ratifying the newly drafted Constitution.  As a point of information, the newly drafted Constitution was written and adopted by the States attending the Convention on 17 September 1787.  All of the letters comprising the Federalist Papers followed this adoption and mirrored the debates within the States as to whether ratification was in their best interests.  If you have interest in this period the best source is the five volume set of “Debates on the Adoption of the Federal constitution” as edited by Jonathan Elliot.  This has not only the notes of the Convention by the debates on the ratification process within the individual States.  

While it is true that the Federalist Papers have become considered as nearly the equivalent of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, it must be noted that they represented only a singular perspective on government and that of a federalist system.  These surely represent the side of the debate which won out in the ratification debate (although it was a near thing), but it must be noted that they were not the only voiced opinion of the times.  That which has been collected as the “Anti-federalist Papers” also represent views and concerns of those times.  Views and concerns for which a case can be made as being quite valid as what was once a clearly federalist system of general government has been transformed in to one more closely representing a nationalistic general government than any of the Founders would have desired.

As an additional piece of information, the “Spirit of Laws” was written by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu in 1748, far prior to the time of these events (although most Founders had read it and kept a copy for ready reference).

The Bill of Rights came after this period and were ratified in 1791.

Answer 4

A. the federalist papers.

Answer 5

A- The Federalist papers. Good reading if you have the time.

Answer 6

None of the above, they were called The Federalist Papers.