Read the following excerpt from Federalist #3 by John Jay.
What might John Jay say is a potential danger
associated with not ratifying the Constitution?
The number of wars which have happened or will
happen in the world will always be found to be in
proportion to the number and weight of the causes,
whether REAL or PRETENDED, which PROVOKE or
INVITE them. If this remark be just, it becomes useful to
inquire whether so many JUST causes of war are likely
to be given by UNITED AMERICA as by DISUNITED
America; for if it should turn out that United America will
probably give the fewest, then it will follow that in this
respect the Union tends most to preserve the people in a
state of peace with other nations.
O Separate states are less likely to be economically
prosperous.
O Separate states are less likely to preserve peace with
other nations
• Separate states are more likely to pass unfair taxes
on citizens
O Separate states are more likely to enforce laws with
unfair penalties.