Is there any sites that have the Federalist papers in simple terms?
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Two good books to check out that would explain it a little better in some of their chapters are “The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution” and “The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History”. These are an easy read and are meant for the general public, not just for those in law school. They are available from amazon.com, Barnes and Noble bookstores, and other major book outlets (you might have to ask for them, but they are easy to order)
Also, you can buy the books “The Federalist Papers” and “The Anti-Federalist Papers”, even though the English would be the English of the late 1700s. However, reading them makes more sense after reading the books in the above paragraph, even though you might have a problem with the English of that period.
Basically, the Federalist Papers were written by those that were for Federalism and the Anti-Federalist Papers were by those that had a problem with it. It was a big debate during the founding of the American Republic as to how much power to give the Federal government vs. the States. Since the founders were leery of giving too much centralized power to any particular insitution after the experience with the abuse of centralized power of many monarchies that were in Europe (and, in this case, the English king), there was some contention as to how much power to give a central power such as the Federal government.
The Federalists were more for giving the Federal government more power in some areas than the anti-Federalists were. For instance, Thomas Jefferson disagreed with Madison on giving the Federal government to print money and letting the states each have their own currency, while Madison was a Federalist and contended that no standardization of the money system would lead to chaos.
Each side had some good points and there were disadvantages as well advantages to each. Today, many conservatives would claim that the Federal government has too much power and that the states should have some of the power and subsequent decision-making that the Federal government has taken away from them. In essence, this is a timely debate, which affects us even today….
Hope this helps
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