Question
Why did Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison write the
Federalist Papers?
O As Antifederalists, they wanted people to understand the weakness of the new
• Constitution.
They wrote the articles to help people to appreciate the Antifederalist arguments.
They wrote the articles in defense of the new Constitution.
They wanted people to know that the Federalists were more intellectual than the
Antifederalists.
Answer
They wrote the Federalist Papers to defend the new Constitution and to demonstrate the intellectual superiority of the Federalists over the Antifederalists.