Federalist No. XL
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Federalist No. XL is an essay by James Madison in The Federalist Papers that defends the Constitutional Convention’s authority to propose a new mixed form of government for the United States.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Federalist No. 40 | 0 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Federalist Paper
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political essay ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
broad interpretation of the Convention’s mandate
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creation of a new mixed government for the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWithDocument | United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Philadelphia Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | James Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorPseudonym | Publius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compares | Articles of Confederation and proposed Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| defends |
Convention’s authority to propose a new government
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legitimacy of the Constitutional Convention ⓘ |
| discusses |
necessity of departing from the Articles of Confederation
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scope of delegated powers to the Convention ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | New York Packet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Federalist No. 39 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
constitutional commentary
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political theory ⓘ |
| hasNumberingStyle | Roman numerals ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Articles of Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Founding era of the United States ⓘ |
| includedIn | first collected edition of The Federalist ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | voters of New York ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | newspaper essay ⓘ |
| partOf | The Federalist Papers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Federalist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Federalist No. 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1788-01-18 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1788 ⓘ |
| purpose | to persuade ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| romanNumeralNumber | XL ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 40 ⓘ |
| supportsPositionOf | Constitutional Convention delegates ⓘ |
| title | Federalist No. 40 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
Constitutional Convention
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United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ authority of the Constitutional Convention ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ mixed form of government ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| workOf | James Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained
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Federalist No. XL
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