The<em>Virginia Declaration of Rights</em> was written by George Mason and it was adopted by the Virginia Constitutional Convention on June 12, 1776.<em> Common Sense</em> was written by Thomas Paine. The <em>Declaration of Independence</em> was written by Thomas Jefferson. The<em> Federalist Papers</em> were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
The Federalists favored ratification of the United States Constitution because they believed that the U.S. would not survive unless the Constitution was passed
