Dbq Federalist 10

During the time Federalist 10 was written the Federalists were using the papers to help convince the states to ratify the Constitution. The Articles of Confederation was the first document designed to govern after the colonies declared independence from Great Britain. It gave little power to the central government, denied it the power to tax and completely left out a judicial branch (history notes). Overall it was a weak union. (cite history notes?) When talk of the Constitution arises it is understandable that colonists were weary of a government that would have that much power after they worked so hard to break away from Great Britain. The Federalists firmly believed that the Constitution would strengthen the Federal union and not give too much power to the central

Madison suggests removing the problem of faction “by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence (book).” He then goes on to say right after that in the fifth paragraph that destroying liberty would not work because it defeats the purpose of creating a free society and in the sixth paragraph he calls it impractical (need to cite?). Calling it impractical is a good point because if someone were to try and take liberty from everyone people would revolt and fight for their rights and possibly become more set in their faction which is the opposite of what they want. “Liberty is to faction what air is to fire” what Madison means is that wanting to get rid of liberty because of factions is like trying to get rid of air because it fuels fire, and without air we would die(book). The other thing Madison states in his first argument is the idea of “giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests (book). Madison again agrees that this idea is as unrealistic as the first. Can you imagine in world where everyone was the exact same? People would theoretically speaking never disagree but eventually