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1492
Discovery and Settlement
1650
Colonial America
1763
The Revolution & Confederation
1783
The Founding
1789
Early Republic
1825
Expansion and Sectionalism
1860
Civil War and Reconstruction
1870
Industrialization and Urbanization
1890
Progressivism and World War 1
1929
The Great Depression and the New Deal
1941
World War II
1945
Cold War America
1992
Contemporary America
The Founding
Chapter 6: Revolutionary Considerations of Citizen...
Cato’s Letters, Number 38
July 22, 1721
Thomas Gordon
To Lord Howe
July 20, 1776
Benjamin Franklin
Speech in Congress on Confederation
July 30, 1776
John Witherspoon
Letter to John Jay
March 14, 1779
Alexander Hamilton
Notes on the State of Virginia: Religion
1781
Thomas Jefferson
New Hampshire Bill of Rights
October 31, 1783
Letter to Thomas Johnson
October 15, 1784
George Washington
Letter to the President of Congress
February 08, 1785
George Washington
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
January 16, 1786
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia General Assembly Commission for Delegates...
January 21, 1786
State (Colonial) Legislatures
Rufus King to Elbridge Gerry
April 30, 1786
Rufus King
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
June 19, 1786
James Madison
Proposed Amendments to the Articles of Confederati...
August 07, 1786
Letter to John Jay
August 15, 1786
George Washington
Letter to James Madison
November 18, 1786
George Washington
Annapolis Convention Resolution
1786
A Defense of the Constitution of Government of the...
1786
John Adams
Civis
February 04, 1787
David Ramsay
Letter from Certain Citizens of Rhode Island to th...
May 11, 1787
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
May 15, 1787
James Madison
Letter to James Madison
May 23, 1787
James Monroe
Letter to Edmund Pendleton
May 27, 1787
James Madison
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
June 06, 1787
James Madison
To William Short
June 06, 1787
James Madison
To James Monroe
June 10, 1787
James Madison
Letter from James M. Varnum, of Rhode Island, to t...
June 18, 1787
Letter to James Madison
June 20, 1787
Thomas Jefferson
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
July 18, 1787
James Madison
To Madison's Father
July 28, 1787
James Madison
To Thomas Jefferson
September 06, 1787
James Madison
To James Madison
September 13, 1787
Joseph Jones
Constitution of the United States
September 17, 1787
North Carolina Delagates to Governor Richard Caswe...
September 18, 1787
Alexander Martin
Lee’s Proposals
October 16, 1787
Richard Henry Lee
A Citizen of America: An Examination Into the Lead...
October 17, 1787
Noah Webster
A Democratic Federalist, October 17, 1787
October 17, 1787
To Thomas Jefferson
October 24, 1787
James Madison
Foreigner I
November 02, 1787
A Farmer, of New Jersey: Observations on Governmen...
November 03, 1787
A Countryman I
November 15, 1787
A Landholder III
November 19, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Letter to John Langdon
December 03, 1787
Tobias Lear
Landholder VI
December 10, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Samuel Adams and the Constitution
December 28, 1787
A Landholder IX
December 31, 1787
Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
1787
James Madison
Advertisement for the Pamphlet Edition of The Fede...
January 02, 1788
Oliver Ellsworth and William Samuel Johnson Speech...
January 04, 1788
Elbridge Gerry: Defense of Conduct in Constitution...
January 05, 1788
Speeches in the Connecticut Convention
January 07, 1788
James Wadsworth
Resolutions of the Tradesmen of Boston
January 07, 1788
Speeches in the Connecticut Convention
January 09, 1788
Samuel Huntington
Massachusetts Centinel
February 27, 1788
Massachusetts Centinel
A Landholder X
February 29, 1788
Oliver Ellsworth
A Landholder X
March 03, 1788
Oliver Ellsworth
Reply to Maryland Landholder X
March 07, 1788
Luther Martin
Maryland Farmer Essay VII
April 11, 1788
Fabius I
April 12, 1788
John Dickinson
Fabius II
April 15, 1788
John Dickinson
Reasons for Dissent
April 16, 1788
Consider Arms
Fabius IV
April 19, 1788
John Dickinson
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
April 22, 1788
James Madison
Fabius V
April 22, 1788
John Dickinson
A Farmer
April 23, 1788
Fabius VI
April 24, 1788
John Dickinson
Speech at Virginia Ratifying Convention
June 06, 1788
Edmund Randolph
Speech at Virginia Ratifying Convention
June 10, 1788
Edmund Randolph
Speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention
June 12, 1788
Edmond Pendleton
First Speech of June 21
June 21, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
The Ninth Pillar
June 25, 1788
Oration on the Fourth of July 1788
July 09, 1788
James Wilson
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
July 24, 1788
James Madison
“If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure...
March 15, 1789
James Madison
An American Citizen: An Examination of the Constit...
October 21, 1788
Tench Coxe
Letter to James Madison
November 18, 1788
Thomas Jefferson
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
December 8, 1788
James Madison
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
1788
James Madison
Report of the House Select Committee
July 28, 1789
Letter to James Madison
September 06, 1789
Thomas Jefferson
Consolidation
December 03, 1791
Anonymous
Public Opinion
December 19, 1791
Anonymous
House Debate on the Establishment of Post Roads
December 31, 1791
United States House of Representatives
Parties
January 23, 1792
Anonymous
British Government
January 30, 1792
James Madison
Pacificus No. 1
June 29, 1793
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to Philip Mazzei
April 24, 1796
Thomas Jefferson
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
July 06, 1796
George Washington
Witherspoon Letter about Isaac Newton
July, 1958
Brooke Hindle
Bill of Rights
Objections at the Constitutional Convention
September 15, 1787
James Wilson's State House Speech
October 6, 1787
James Wilson
The Federal Farmer IV
October 12, 1787
Federal Farmer
A Federalist Essay
October 25, 1787
John DeWitt II
October 27, 1787
John DeWitt
Brutus II
November 1, 1787
Atticus III
November 22, 1787
Atticus
A Countryman II
November 22, 1787
Roger Sherman
Speech to the Pennsylvania Convention
December 04, 1787
James Wilson
The Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of P...
December 18, 1787
Letter to James Madison
December 20, 1787
Thomas Jefferson
Letter to James Madison with Objections to the Pro...
December 20, 1787
Thomas Jefferson
Alfredus
January 18, 1788
Samuel Tenny
Letter to Alexander Donald
February 07, 1788
Thomas Jefferson
New Hampshire Ratifying Convention Proposed Admend...
June 21, 1788
New Hampshire Ratification Convention: 57-47
June 21, 1788
New Hampshire Ratifying Convention: Second Session
June 21, 1788
Virginia Ratifying Convention Amendment Proposals
June 27, 1788
New York Ratifies 30-27 with 31 proposed amendment...
July 26, 1788
New York Ratifying Convention July 26, 1788
July 26, 1788
Letter to James Madison about Improving the Consti...
July 31, 1788
Thomas Jefferson
Letter to Thomas Jefferson about the Bill of Right...
October 17, 1788
James Madison
An American Citizen: Thoughts on the Subject of Am...
December 10, 1788
Tench Coxe
Amendments to the Constitution of the United State...
1791
Bill of Rights
1791
Ratification
Federalist No. 32
January 02, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 36
January 08, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 37
January 11, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 39
January 16, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 38
January 12, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 41
January 19, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 40
January 18, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 43
January 23, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 45
January 26, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 52
February 08, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 53
February 09, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 66
March 08, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 42
January 22, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 44
January 25, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 46
January 29, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 67
March 11, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 69
March 14, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 72
March 19, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 71
March 18, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 73
March 21, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 75
March 26, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Virginia’s Ratification
June 26, 1788
New York’s Ratification
July 26, 1788
Rhode Island’s Ratification
May 29, 1790
Federalist No. 50
February 05, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 74
March 25, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Chapter 7: The Debate over Ratification
A Citizen of Philadelphia
January, 1787
Peletiah Webster
Address to the People of the United States
January, 1787
Benjamin Rush
Letter to Henry Knox
February 03, 1787
George Washington
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
July 10, 1787
George Washington
Letter to David Shepard
July 25, 1787
Edmund Randolph
A Foreign Spectator VII
August 17, 1787
Nicholas Collin
A Foreign Spectator X
August 24, 1787
Nicholas Collin
A Foreign Spectator XV
September 04, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Gerry, Mason, and Randolph Decline to Sign the Con...
September 17, 1787
A Foreign Spectator XX
September 12, 1787
Nicholas Collin
A Foreign Spectator XXI
September 13, 1787
Nicholas Collin
A Foreign Spectator XXIII
September 17, 1787
Nicholas Collin
A Foreign Spectator XXIV
September 18, 1787
Nicholas Collin
A Foreign Spectator XXV
September 21, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Letter to Patrick Henry
September 24, 1787
George Washington
Roger Sherman to Governor Samuel Huntington, trans...
September 26, 1787
Roger Sherman
A Foreign Spectator XXVIII
September 28, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Caesar, Letter I
October 01, 1787
Nicholas Collin
A Foreign Spectator XXIX
October 02, 1787
Nicholas Collin
A Foreign Spectator XXIX
October 2, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Centinel
October 05, 1787
Centinel
Centinel I
October 05, 1787
Samuel Bryan
James Wilson's State House Speech
October 6, 1787
James Wilson
Crito
October 06, 1787
Samuel Hopkins
Federal Farmer II
October 09, 1787
Federal Farmer
Federal Farmer III
October 10, 1787
Federal Farmer
To Speaker of Virginia House of Delegates on the F...
October 10, 1787
Edmund Randolph
The Federal Farmer IV
October 12, 1787
Federal Farmer
Federal Farmer V
October 13, 1787
Federal Farmer
"Convention" Essay, Massachusetts Centinel
October 13, 1787
Massachusetts Centinel
Convention Essay
October 13, 1787
One of the Four Thousand
October 15, 1787
Caesar, Letter II
October 17, 1787
Brutus I
October 18, 1787
Brutus
Brutus I
October 18, 1787
Brutus
Atticus II
October 18, 1787
Atticus
Elbridge Gerry’s Objections to the Constuitution
October 18, 1787
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry’s Objections (Letter to Massachuset...
October 18, 1787
Elbridge Gerry
Calling Massachusetts State Convention
October 20, 1787
Samuel Adams
John DeWitt I
October 22, 1787
John DeWitt
Monitor Essay
October 24, 1787
Anonymous
A Federalist Essay
October 25, 1787
Cato III
October 25, 1787
Cato
The Georgia State Convention
October 26, 1787
George Mathews
Federalist No. 1
October 27, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
John DeWitt II
October 27, 1787
John DeWitt
Philo-Publius I
October 30, 1787
William Duer
Gouverneur Morris to George Washington, October 30...
October 30, 1787
Gouverneur Morris
Federalist No. 2
October 31, 1787
John Jay
Virginia Calls for State Convention
October 31, 1787
John Beckley
Brutus II
November 1, 1787
Federalist No. 3
November 03, 1787
John Jay
John DeWitt III
November 05, 1787
John DeWitt
A Landholder I
November 05, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Pennsylvania elects 69 delegates
November 06, 1787
Centinel III
November 08, 1787
Centinel
Federalist No. 5
November 10, 1787
John Jay
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
November 10, 1787
George Washington
Letter to Bushrod Washington
November 10, 1787
George Washington
Delaware calls for state convention
November 10, 1787
Connecticut Elects 168 delegates for State Convent...
November 12, 1787
A Landholder II
November 12, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Federalist No. 6
November 14, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
"Socius" Essay
November 14, 1787
Carlisle Gazette
Federalist No. 7
November 15, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Brutus III
November 15, 1787
Brutus
Essay by A Georgian
November 15, 1787
Philo-Publius II
November 16, 1787
William Duer
The Landholder III
November 19, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Federalist No. 8
November 20, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 9
November 21, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 10
November 22, 1787
James Madison
Atticus III
November 22, 1787
Atticus
Cato V
November 22, 1787
Cato
Federalist No. 10
November 22, 1787
James Madison
A Countryman II
November 22, 1787
Roger Sherman
Agrippa I
November 23, 1787
Agrippa
Federalist No. 11
November 24, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Speech to the Pennsylvania Convention, November 24...
November 24, 1787
James Wilson
A Landholder IV
November 26, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
A Democratic Federalist, November 26, 1787
November 26, 1787
Tench Coxe
Federalist No. 12
November 27, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Agrippa II
November 27, 1787
Agrippa
A Pennsylvania Farmer
November 27, 1787
New Jersey Elects 38 Delegates
November 27, 1787
Federalist No. 13
November 28, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Brutus IV
November 29, 1787
Philo-Publius III
November 29, 1787
William Duer
Federalist No. 14
November 30, 1787
James Madison
Letter to David Stuart
November 30, 1787
George Washington
Centinel IV
November 30, 1787
Centinel
Agrippa III
November 30, 1787
Federalist No. 15
December 01, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Philo-Publius IV
December 01, 1787
William Duer
A Landholder V
December 03, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Agrippa IV
December 03, 1787
Federalist No. 16
December 04, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Speech to the Pennsylvania Convention
December 04, 1787
James Wilson
Speech to the Pennsylvania Convention, December 4,...
December 04, 1787
James Wilson
Georgia Elects 26 Delegates
December 04, 1787
Federalist No. 17
December 05, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 18
December 07, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to James Madison
December 07, 1787
George Washington
Delaware Ratifies 30-0
December 07, 1787
Thomas Collins
Delaware Ratifying Convention Meets
December 07, 1787
Agrippa V
December 11, 1787
Federalist No. 21
December 12, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
"Cato" Essay
December 12, 1787
Pennsylvania ratifies 46-23
December 12, 1787
Cato VI
December 13, 1787
Cato
Brutus V
December 13, 1787
Brutus
Federalist No. 22
December 14, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to Charles Carter
December 14, 1787
George Washington
A Landholder VII
December 17, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Federalist No. 23
December 18, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Agrippa VII
December 18, 1787
New Jersey Convention
December 18, 1787
The New Jersey Form of Ratification: 38-0
December 18, 1787
The Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of P...
December 18, 1787
Federalist No. 24
December 19, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to James Madison
December 20, 1787
Thomas Jefferson
The Jefferson-Madison Exchange
March 15, 1789
James Madison
Federalist No. 25
December 21, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 26
December 22, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Atticus IV
December 22, 1787
A Landholder VIII
December 24, 1787
Federal Farmer VI
December 25, 1787
Richard Henry Lee
Agrippa VIII
December 25, 1787
Federalist No. 28
December 26, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Centinel VII
December 27, 1787
Centinel
Federalist No. 29
December 29, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Centinel VIII
December 29, 1787
Centinel
Federalist No. 30
December 30, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Dates of Ratification of the Constitution
1787
The Problem of Judicial Review
1787
Brutus
Federal Farmer VII
December 31, 1787
Richard Henry Lee
America Essay
December 31, 1787
Noah Webster
"A Freeman" Essay to the People of Connecticut
December 31, 1787
John DeWitt IV
December, 1787
John DeWitt
Agrippa X
January 01, 1788
Federalist No. 33
January 02, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Cato VII
January 03, 1788
Cato
Brutus VII
January 03, 1788
Brutus
Federal Farmer VIII
January 03, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Connecticut ratifying convention
January 03, 1788
Federal Farmer IX
January 04, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Federalist No. 35
January 05, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 34
January 05, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to Governor Edmund Randolph
January 07, 1788
George Washington
Federal Farmer X
January 07, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Agrippa XI
January 08, 1788
The Connecticut Convention Ratifies: 128-40
January 09, 1788
Letter to James Madison
January 10, 1788
George Washington
Federal Farmer XI
January 11, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Common Sense, January 11, 1788
January 11, 1788
Thomas Paine
Federal Farmer XII
January 12, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Federal Farmer XIII
January 14, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Speech to the Massachusetts Convention
January 15, 1788
Fisher Ames
The State Soldier Essay I
January 16, 1788
Brutus IX
January 17, 1788
Brutus
Federal Farmer XIV
January 17, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Federal Farmer XV
January 18, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Alfredus
January 18, 1788
Samuel Tenny
Agrippa XIII
January 22, 1788
A Freeman I
January 23, 1788
Federal Farmer XVI
January 23, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Federal Farmer XVII
January 23, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Brutus X
January 24, 1788
Brutus
Agrippa XIV Part 1
January 25, 1788
Federal Farmer XVIII
January 25, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
To Thomas Cockey Deye
January 27, 1788
Luther Martin
Federalist No. 47
January 30, 1788
James Madison
A Freeman II
January 30, 1788
Brutus XI
January 31, 1788
Brutus
Address by a Plebian
January, 1788
Federalist No. 48
February 01, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 49
February 02, 1788
James Madison
Letter to James Madison
February 05, 1788
George Washington
Federalist No. 51
February 6, 1788
James Madison
Massachusetts Ratifying Convention Proposed Amendm...
February 06, 1788
A Freeman III
February 06, 1788
The State Soldier Essay II
February 06, 1788
Massachusetts ratifies 187-168 with 9 proposed ame...
February 06, 1788
Letter to Marquis de LaFayette
February 07, 1788
George Washington
Letter to Alexander Donald
February 07, 1788
Thomas Jefferson
Federalist No. 55
February 13, 1788
James Madison
Brutus XII (Part 2)
February 14, 1788
Brutus
Federalist No. 56
February 16, 1788
James Madison
"Elihu" Essay
February 18, 1788
Federalist No. 57
February 19, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 58
February 20, 1788
James Madison
Brutus XIII
February 21, 1788
Brutus
Sidney Essay No. 2
February 21, 1788
Federalist No. 59
February 22, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 60
February 23, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 61
February 26, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 62
February 27, 1788
James Madison
Brutus XIV (Part 1)
February 28, 1788
Brutus
Federalist No. 63
March 01, 1788
James Madison
Letter to James Madison
March 02, 1788
George Washington
Federalist No. 64
March 05, 1788
James Madison
Brutus XIV (Part 2)
March 06, 1788
Brutus
Federalist No. 65
March 07, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Maryland Farmer No. 3, Part 1
March 07, 1788
A Landholder XI
March 10, 1788
Oliver Ellsworth
Federalist No. 68
March 12, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
The State Soldier III
March 12, 1788
One of the People Called Quakers in the State of V...
March 12, 1788
Federalist No. 70
March 15, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
A Landholder XII
March 17, 1788
Oliver Ellsworth
The State Soldier Essay IV
March 19, 1788
Brutus XV
March 20, 1788
Brutus
A Landholder XIII
March 24, 1788
Oliver Ellsworth
Federalist No. 76
April 01, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 77
April 02, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Maryland Farmer Essay VII
April 04, 1788
Brutus XVI
April 10, 1788
Brutus
Fabius III
April 17, 1788
John Dickinson
Letter to John Armstrong
April 25, 1788
George Washington
Letter to Marquis de Chastellux
April 25, 1788
George Washington
Fabius VII
April 26, 1788
John Dickinson
Letter to Marquis de LaFayette
April 28, 1788
George Washington
Fabius VIII
April 29, 1788
John Dickinson
Fabius IX
May 01, 1788
John Dickinson
Philodemos Essay
May 12, 1788
Philodemos
South Carolina Ratifying Convention
May 23, 1788
Observations on the Constitution
May 25, 1788
James Monroe
Federalist No. 78
May 28, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Patrick Henry Speech Before Virginia Ratifying Con...
June 05, 1788
Patrick Henry
New York Ratifying Convention
June 17, 1788
Federalist No. 79
June 18, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Virginia Ratifying Convention June 18, 1788
June 18, 1788
George Mason's Objections to Proposed Federal Cons...
June 18, 1788
George Mason
Objections to the Constitution in the New York Rat...
June 20, 1788
Melancton Smith
New Hampshire Ratifying Convention Proposed Admend...
June 21, 1788
New Hampshire Ratification Convention: 57-47
June 21, 1788
New Hampshire Ratifying Convention: Second Session
June 21, 1788
New York Ratifying Convention
June 24, 1788
Virginia Ratifying Convention
June 27, 1788
Virginia Ratifying Convention Amendment Proposals
June 27, 1788
Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
June 29, 1788
George Washington
Federalist 84
July 16, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to John Trumbull
July 20, 1788
George Washington
New York Ratifies 30-27 with 31 proposed amendment...
July 26, 1788
New York Ratifying Convention July 26, 1788
July 26, 1788
Federalist No. 85
August 13, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
August 28, 1788
George Washington
An American Citizen: An Examination of the Constit...
September 26, 1788
Tench Coxe
An American Citizen: An Examination of the Constit...
September 28, 1788
Tench Coxe
An American Citizen: An Examination of the Constit...
September 29, 1788
Tench Coxe
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
October 03, 1788
George Washington
Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
October 26, 1788
George Washington
An American Citizen: Thoughts on the Subject of Am...
December 10, 1788
Tench Coxe
A Citizen of New Haven I
December 18, 1788
Roger Sherman
An American Citizen: Thoughts on the Subject of Am...
December 24, 1788
Tench Coxe
A Citizen of New Haven II
December 25, 1788
Roger Sherman
A Citizen of New York
1788
John Jay
The Federalist
1788
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
January 31, 1789
George Washington
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
February 04, 1790
James Madison
Federalist papers
Federalist No. 32
January 02, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 36
January 08, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 37
January 11, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 39
January 16, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 38
January 12, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 41
January 19, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 40
January 18, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 43
January 23, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 45
January 26, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 52
February 08, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 53
February 09, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 66
March 08, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 42
January 22, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 44
January 25, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 46
January 29, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 67
March 11, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 69
March 14, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 72
March 19, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 71
March 18, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 50
February 05, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 73
March 21, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 75
March 26, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 74
March 25, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Chapter 7: The Debate over Ratification
A Republican I: To James Wilson, Esquire
October 25, 1787
Federalist No. 1
October 27, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 2
October 31, 1787
John Jay
Federalist No. 3
November 03, 1787
John Jay
Federalist No. 4
November 04, 1787
John Jay
Federalist No. 5
November 10, 1787
John Jay
Federalist No. 6
November 14, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 7
November 15, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 8
November 20, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 9
November 21, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 10
November 22, 1787
James Madison
Federalist No. 10
November 22, 1787
James Madison
Federalist No. 10
November 22, 1787
James Madison
Federalist 10
November 22, 1787
James Madison
Federalist No. 11
November 24, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 12
November 27, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 13
November 28, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to David Stuart
November 30, 1787
George Washington
Federalist No. 14
November 30, 1787
James Madison
Federalist No. 15
December 01, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 16
December 04, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 17
December 05, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to James Madison
December 07, 1787
George Washington
Federalist No. 18
December 07, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 19
December 08, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 20
December 11, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 21
December 12, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 22
December 14, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 23
December 18, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 24
December 19, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 25
December 21, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 26
December 22, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 27
December 25, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 28
December 26, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 29
December 29, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 30
December 30, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 31
January 01, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 33
January 02, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 35
January 05, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 34
January 05, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 35
January 05, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 47
January 30, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 48
February 01, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 48
February 01, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 49
February 02, 1788
James Madison
Letter to James Madison
February 05, 1788
George Washington
Federalist No. 51
February 6, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 51
February 08, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 52
February 08, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 54
February 12, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 55
February 13, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 55
February 15, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 56
February 16, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 57
February 19, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 58
February 20, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 58
February 20, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 59
February 22, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 60
February 23, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 61
February 26, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 62
February 27, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 62
February 27, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 63
March 01, 1788
James Madison
Federalist 63
March 01, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 64
March 05, 1788
James Madison
Federalist No. 65
March 07, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 68
March 12, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 70
March 15, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 76
April 01, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 77
April 02, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 78
May 28, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 79
June 18, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 80
June 21, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 81
June 25, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 82
July 02, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 83
July 05, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 84
July 16, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 85
August 13, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
August 28, 1788
George Washington
The Federalist
1788
Alexander Hamilton
A Debate on the President’s Removal Power: The Dec...
May, 1789
United States Congress
Parties
January 23, 1792
James Madison
House Debate on the Influence of Alexander Hamilto...
December 31, 1792
United States House of Representatives
Helvidius Nos. 1, 2, and 4
August 24, 1793
James Madison
Farewell Address
September 19, 1796
George Washington
Antifederalists
Z: the Continental Convention
May 16, 1787
Constitutional Convention
June 20, 1787
George Mason
Luther Martin’s Objections
June 27, 1787
Luther Martin
Objections of Edmund Randolph
September 10, 1787
Objections to the Constitution
September 13, 1787
George Mason
Letter to Patrick Henry
September 24, 1787
George Washington
Cato I
September 27, 1787
Curtius
September 29, 1787
Curtius
Richard Henry Lee to George Mason, October 1, 1787
October 01, 1787
Richard Henry Lee
Centinel
October 05, 1787
Centinel
Federal Farmer I
October 08, 1787
Federal Farmer
Cato II
October 11, 1787
Cato
An Old Whig I
October 12, 1787
Letter to Edmund Randolph with Objections to the C...
October 16, 1787
Richard Henry Lee
An Old Whig II
October 17, 1787
Brutus I
October 18, 1787
Brutus
Brutus I
October 18, 1787
Brutus
An Old Whig III
October 20, 1787
Centinel II
October 24, 1787
Centinel
A Republican I
October 25, 1787
An Old Whig IV
October 27, 1787
Cincinnatus I: To James Wilson, Esquire
November 01, 1787
Cincinnatus
An Old Whig V
November 01, 1787
An Old Whig VI
November 2, 1787
An Officer of the Late Continental Army
November 06, 1787
Philadelphiensis I
November 07, 1787
Philadelphiensis
Brutus, Jr.
November 08, 1787
Brutus
Cato IV
November 08, 1787
Cato
Cincinnatus II: To James Wilson, Esquire
November 08, 1787
Cincinnatus
Massachusetts Centinel
November 10, 1787
Centinel
Cincinnatus III: To James Wilson, Esquire
November 15, 1787
Cincinnatus
An American: The Crisis
November 17, 1787
Centinel
Cincinnatus IV: To James Wilson, Esquire
November 22, 1787
Cincinnatus
Brutus on Mason's Objections
November 22, 1787
Brutus
Timothy Pickering and the Letters from the Federal...
November 24, 1787
Charles Tillinghast
An Old Whig VII
November 28, 1787
Philadelphiensis II
November 28, 1787
Philadelphiensis
A Federal Republican: A Review of the Constitution
November 28, 1787
Maryland Farmer
November 28, 1787
A Countryman III
November 29, 1787
Maryland’s Constitutional Convention Delegates Add...
November 29, 1787
James McHenry
Speech to Maryland State House of Delegates
November 29, 1787
Centinel V
December 04, 1787
Samuel Bryan
Philadelphiensis III
December 05, 1787
Cincinnatus VI
December 06, 1787
’Z’
December 06, 1787
A Countryman IV
December 06, 1787
Philadelphiensis IV
December 12, 1787
Alfred
December 13, 1787
Agrippa VI
December 14, 1787
Philadelphiensis V
December 19, 1787
Extract of a Letter From New York dated December 7...
December 19, 1787
Massachusetts Centinel
A Countryman V
December 20, 1787
Reasons of Dissent from the Proposed Constitution
December 21, 1787
John Lansing
Centinel VI
December 25, 1787
Centinel
One of the People: Antifederalist Arguments
