An amendment is a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document. ... Amendments can add, remove, or update parts of these agreements. They are often used when it is better to change the document than to write a new one.
B. The Federalists. The Federalist papers were written by 3 men, John Jay, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton to help sway the state of New York to ratify the Constitution.