Essays on The Federalist Papers

During the creation of the Constitution in 1787, Constitutional Framers were faced with the responsibility of crafting an improved court system after the failure of The Articles of Confederation. When analyzing the beginning stages of the judicial branch, we must necessarily look at the debates...

On May 25, 1787, delegates representing every state except Rhode Island gathered together at Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania State House for the Constitutional Convention. The assembly immediately discarded the idea of amending the Articles of Confederation and set about drawing up a brand new plan for the...

The Anti-Federalist Papers is a very interesting book about the government development of USA and the disagreements with its first documents by Ralph Ketchum. The introduction of the book is written by Ketchum, however, the resources in it was published in the period 1787-1788 in...

 After America gained their independence from Great Britain in 1776, they needed something to bring the colonies together into a single entity. They needed the feeling of a unified government. For this reason, the Articles of Confederation were written and stood as the United State’s...

The mid-nineteenth century in the United States was a period full of changes, where little difference was made between beliefs, ideas, convictions, and ideologies. Yet their link to the political sphere – necessary for thinking of a new government – and the personal sphere –...