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[https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/we-the-elites/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | [https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/we-the-elites/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | ||
This collection of essays exposes the U.S. Constitution for what it really is — a rulebook to protect capitalism for the elites. | This collection of essays exposes the U.S. Constitution for what it really is — a rulebook to protect capitalism for the elites. | ||
=====The Federalist and the Republican Party===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/duel-federalist-and-republican-party/ by PBS Shows] | |||
By the time Alexander Hamilton died on the dueling grounds of Weehawken, New Jersey, the power of the Federalist Party was in terminal decline. Federalism was born in 1787, when Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote 85 essays collectively known as the Federalist papers. These eloquent political documents encouraged Americans to adopt the newly-written Constitution and its stronger central government. | |||