Federalist 16 Analysis

Federalist 16 is about how the death of the confederacy is what they needed for their not to be a civil war. They were always ready to engage in a war against the complying states no matter what the consequences could be. Alexander Hamilton proceeds onto say that if there is going to be a civil war, it will also be the death of the confederacy because the stronger states will prevail. He also says though if there is not a war between the states the federal government’s power would no matter to them anymore. They would start doing their own thing such as bidding on different things which would eventually lead no more federal government. He also supports the war because he wants there to be a national constitution that everyone looks to for laws and rules to be followed. As follows, in the next one, federalist 17, he talks about the constitution and how much power and how much power the national government could have. He also thinks that if the government was going to try and take power from the states that it would be very hard to do so because he thinks more people will side with the states over the national government. This is because they are more likely to have the same thoughts and opinions for where their location is while the government is making it for everywhere. Federalist …show more content…
One of the benefits of this was it would bring all the states under one power. Also, people left Europe to not be ruled by a monarchy and that’s what was most likely going to happen if this document was not signed. Another reason is that they did not want a civil war to happen that was about to start. The next reason is that they did not want to let the union continue to abuse people for their own good so they did not have to do anything. Another major impact it had, is it did not allow one side of the government to become too powerful over the other, but for them to be close to being evenly