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Kesler, Charles R. Saving the Revolution: The Federalist Papers and the American Founding. New York: 1987. Meyerson, Michael I. (2008). Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World. New York: Basic Books. Patrick, John J., and Clair W. Keller.
One of the main ways that Federalist 51 was able to encourage checks and balances was by emphasizing that the "preservation of liberty" was the end to which civil society aims. He continued that it be pursued "until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit".
The Founding Fathers of the United States, often simply referred to as the Founding Fathers or the Founders, were a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the War of Independence from Great Britain, established the United States of America, and crafted a framework of government for ...
Federalist No. 10 is sometimes cited as showing that the Founding Fathers and the constitutional framers did not intend American politics to be partisan. For instance, U.S. Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens cites the paper for the statement that "Parties ranked high on the list of evils that the Constitution was designed to check". [ 40 ]
Bronze sculpture of James Otis Jr. in front of the Barnstable County Courthouse. James Otis Jr. (February 5, 1725 – May 23, 1783) was an American Lawyer, political activist, colonial legislator, and early supporter of patriotic causes in Massachusetts Bay Colony at the beginning of the Revolutionary Era.
Federalist No. 9 was written by Alexander Hamilton.Following the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Hamilton worked with James Madison and John Jay to write a series of essays to explain the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and persuade New York to ratify it.
The Founding Fathers knew their business. They were operating on an inspired level when they drafted the U.S. Constitution and its first 10 amendments, commonly referred to as the Bill of Rights ...
Hugh Henry Brackenridge wrote two historical plays that portrayed the Revolutionary War. John Leacock wrote The Fall of British Tyranny, the first play to feature George Washington as a character. Innovations in drama declined after the Revolutionary War, in part due to the political and economic turmoil of the 1780s.