Review: Should be required reading for high school students
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2013
The Federalist Papers give us insight into what the USA's founding fathers were taking into consideration when they wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. They weren't sure what they wanted, but they were very sure what they didn't want--a king, for instance. They knew what was being done in Europe and knew they didn't want that. These men were considered upper class. They were literate, well educated, and well read. They wanted a country where men were free. The lower class in Europe, including England, couldn't own land and had little say over what they did and where they were allowed to do it. It is so refreshing to read about how they thought out the language of the Constitution to give us the best government a country could have. All we have to do is try to keep it that way and not let our government take away or change our constitutional rights. Granted, The Federalist Papers is not an easy read. They wrote they way most people wrote over two centuries ago. Sentences tend to be long and somewhat convoluted, but those sentences express the guidelines to our Representative Republic.