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American colonies do not exist today, but many governmental policies still exist. Examples from Federalist Papers #'s 1,2, 30, 45, 47, 69 & 80 of policies established in colonial times that still exist today.

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American colonies don't exist today but many governmental policies still exist. Using the Federalist Papers #'s 1,2, 30, 45, 47, 69 & 80 look for examples of policies established in colonial times that still exist today. I need some help on this.
I can't find some of these Fed. papers.

I need to write a 500-750 word essay on this.

All of the Federalist Papers can be found at:

http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/federalist/

Just click on the number that you need.

You might want to read the introduction - it is short, and gives a good, quick overview of what the Federalist Papers were all about.

Anyway, you will need to read (or skim!) through some of the papers listed, looking for ideas that have to do with the individual states of the union. Remember that the Articles of Confederation were not working as a form of federal government - basically, the state governments had a lot of power, such as coining money, collecting taxes, own judicial systems, etc. This left little power to the federal government - in fact, the federal ...

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