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Basic Principles

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SECTION 1

The excerpts below are from The Federalist, which was written by Alexander Hamilton,

James Madison, and John Jay to encourage ratification of the Constitution. Read the

excerpts and decide which basic principles are the subject of each excerpt. Then use a

separate sheet of paper to answer the Critical Thinking questions that follow.

Excerpt 1

“. . . we may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a

government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body

of the people. . . . It is ESSENTIAL to such a government that it be derived from

the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored

class of it. . . .”

—The Federalist No. 39

Basic Principle(s): __________________________________________________________

Excerpt 2

“The idea of a national government involves in it, not only an authority over the

individual citizens, but an indefinite supremacy over all persons and things. . . . In

this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a NATIONAL one;

since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to the

several States a residuary and inviolable sovereignty over all other objects.”

—The Federalist No. 39

Basic Principle(s): __________________________________________________________

Excerpt 3

“TO WHAT expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the

necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the

Constitution? . . . the great security...