GOVT 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Big Country
18 Jun 2018
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Federalist Papers
ā¢Written by John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton
ā¢attempting to convince the NY state ofļ¬cials to ratify the Constitution
ā¢#10: Written by Madison
ā¢Constitution can protect against factions
ā¢weāre unable to destroy factions, so this protection is the next best thing
ā¢Senate gives equal representation so minorities are heard
ā¢this appeals to anti-federalists who thought America was too big and diverse to
have a federalist government and minorities still be protected
ā¢#39: written by Madison
ā¢discusses if US government is national or federal
ā¢here, Madisonās use of federal is really by deļ¬nition describing a confederal
government
ā¢neither wholly national nor wholly federal
ā¢compound republic: mixture of principles of confederation and a national
government
ā¢What US is
ā¢#51: written by Madison
ā¢checks and balances
ā¢people are greedy and power hungry- that knowledge needs to be included in our
governmentās structure
ā¢protect minority from majority
ā¢double security: federal and state separation as well as branches within both
ā¢extended republic: big country more likely to survive because varieties of interests
and opinions means its unlikely one will be a super majority
ā¢9 papers overall on taxation: most popular subject
ā¢it was a shocker for people that the federal government could tax (fear of
government becoming like King George III)
ā¢took extra convincing for people to accept this
