The Federalist authors and delegates used logical argument to attack prejudice. They emphasized on the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and the need of a stronger central government, and defended the new Constitution. The Constitution was written to organize a strong national government for the American states. Before, the nation's leaders had a national government under the Articles of Confederation. But the Articles gave independence to each individual state. The thing that the articles …
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…yet still protect the states civil liberties and human rights. The Federalist papers they created significantly influenced approval of the Constitution. Thus through the agreement of ratifying the new Constitution of the United States a new form of national government was established setting forth the nation's new fundamental laws. It defined the rights and liberties of the American people and also listed the goals of the new government created and the methods of achieving them.