Led by Alexander Hamilton, albeit secretly at first, the Federalists were the first political party of the United States. They supported the Constitution, and attempted to convince the States to ratify the document. Hamilton, along with John Jay and James Madison, anonymously published a series of essays known as the Federalist Papers under the pseudonym "Publius."
Both Hamilton and Madison argued that the Constitution didn't need a Bill of Rights, that it would create a "parchment barrier" that limited the rights of the people, as opposed to protecting them. However, they eventually made the concession and announced a willingness to take up the matter of the series of amendments which would become the Bill of Rights. Without this compromise, the Constitution may never have been ratified by the States.
Surprisingly enough, it was Federalist James Madison who eventually presented the Bill of Rights to Congress despite his former stance on the issue.
<span>"C. Make a list of both pros and cons on the issue and then weigh them" Do this because then you have two sides to an issue and you follow this information as one outweighs the other and informs an audience.</span>
...Its the reason why you have your freedom? The reason we aren't under the control of the British Empire? Why didn't you learn this in second grade? It was the reason America is well... America. It was the first war America fought for the freedom of her people. One could argue the most important war in American history, and possible even the WORLD for that matter, because who knows what the world would be like today if America didn't come to be.
