The Federalist No. 10 Analysis

The American Revolution was a war that took place in the thirteen colonies from 1776 to 1783. In this war, the colonies fought for their independence from the tyrannical British government. The British had failed to comply with the needs of the colonists so the colonists broke away. The American Revolution could not have occurred if the colonists did not have similar interests and also couldn't have occurred if they did not join together to fight for those particular interests that were trying to be taken away from them. In 1787, James Madison, a federalist, writes a set of papers in which he discusses the causes and effects of a faction. In The Federalist No. 10, James Madison claims that one way of “curing the causes of faction” is by “giving to every citizen the same opinion, the same passions, and the same interests.” Similarly, in Benjamin Franklin’s Join or Die image, he is trying to convince the colonists to unite together as one instead of thirteen separate colonies. This image was initially for the French and Indian war, and it had taught the colonists to set aside any differences they had so they could eliminate a threat. By giving people the same interests, they will act as one unit and do whatever it takes if anyone ever tries to take away those ‘passions’ that they have. This will not only “cure the causes of a faction”, but it can also be the thing to ignite a faction. Acquiring more …show more content…
The colonies were able to work together to acquire what they had wanted in the French and Indian war, which was more land. The British tried to take away the land that the colonists had fought for, but the colonists refused to let all of the deaths of their people be in vain. Because of the unity the colonists had formed in the French and Indian War, and the similar interests the colonists had, they were able to fight against the British, who now posed as a threat to