It is titled "Other Defects of the Present Confederation", and explains how the Articles of Confederation failed in 3 ways: by not giving the government enough power to enforce its laws, that the states do not have a guarantee of their rights, and how the states can simply ignore the tax quotas set by the government.

The other party, the anti-federalists, wanted the opposite, a weak general government that had little influence or power over the states, and counted among their supporters Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of Independence.

The Federalist Papers are 85 individual articles written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison and were intended for the people of New York.

The general government had little influence on the authoritative role in the United States, though they implemented laws they did not prosecute when those rules were broken.

[4] The Framers had looked towards history to see that republic and princes had not worked well, both would lead to defect from alliances and leagues when presented in that circumstance.

[5] Alexander Hamilton feared that if states, parties, and fractions prevailed, the Union, unless backed by a strong general government, would break into two or three rival confederacies that would be the target of European alliance systems.

[7] This mutual guarantee would be like a security blanket to the states, allowing the national government to give aid in conflict.

He proposed options such as increasing taxes, adapting a new monetary system for the United States, and changing the economic policy.