The Federalist Papers were written with the sole purpose of helping inspire a vote ratifying the US Constitution. The authors were Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison.?æ
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The side at opposed the ratificaton of the constition was the Anti- federalists. people who were Anti-federalists such as George Mason and others.
People who supported the new constitution and work to get it ratified
Approving an amendment to the Constitution is called ratification (O.P.P 6.7.7)
Historically, Southerners who supported reconstruction were often called scalawags.
"Federalists"-a term that opponents of centralization had once used to describe themselves-thus implying that they were less committed to a "nationalist" government than in fact they were.