4. How did the Federalists try and sway public opinion in support of the newly drafted Constitution? Was this an effective method?

The Federalist Papers was a collection of essays written by John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton in 1788. The essays urged the ratification of the United States Constitution, which had been debated and drafted at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787.

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