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Alexander Hamilton Federalist No. 1 Summary

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This week I read the Federalist No. 1 [Alexander Hamilton]. The purpose of the Federalist is to persuade reluctant New Yorkers to adopt the proposed new Constitution. In the Federalist No. 1, Hamilton mainly reveals the motivations and ambitions of a certain class of men who support separate confederacies and introduces the following papers he proposes to defend the Union. Since the Federalist is such popular collection of America, I start this week reading with great curiosity and passion. However, Hamilton’s No. 1 really chills me out, because the complexed sentences’ structures and the vocabulary part is uncommon to me. Although it takes me much time to understand Hamilton’s basic opinions, it is worthy of reading this text and I find that

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