The large states holding vast amounts of western land ceded the land to the government under the Articles so that all the states could share in the wealth of those lands.
The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, were intended to "<span>(3) win support for ratification of the Constitution," since these authors (especially Hamilton) believed that the existing Articles of Confederation were far too "weak". </span>
Because he wanted the people to be catholic. And the church of England had more power.
