USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hamilton wrote how many Federalist Papers?
A
29
B
5
C
51
D
85
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Federalist, commonly referred to as the Federalist Papers, is a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison between October 1787 and May 1788. The essays were published anonymously, under the pen name “Publius, ” in various New York state newspapers of the time.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Federalist articles appeared in three New York newspapers: The Independent Journal, the New-York Packet, and the Daily Advertiser, beginning on October 27, 1787. Although written and published with haste, The Federalist articles were widely read and greatly influenced the shape of American political institutions.

Detailed explanation-3: -51, titled: “The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments", is an essay by James Madison, the fifty-first of The Federalist Papers.

Detailed explanation-4: -And it was, almost literally, a moment. The 85 installments of The Federalist, at least 51 of them by Hamilton in Chernow’s count, were composed in just eight months, between October 1787 and May 1788, in a race against the calendar as the states took up the ratification process.

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