Federalist Paper #51

The government must be given power, but when one is given power, it is tempted to make it benefit himself, just as the government would do. It states, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary…In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in…government to control the governed and …oblige it to control itself.” It was decided that dividing the government would be crucial to ensuring that the control would stay balanced and put to good use. These branches shouldn’t really be connected, because when alliances start forming, there is imbalance of power, which is what we are trying to stay away from. These groups make sure the people in power within their groups are just, and that the other groups don’t try to pull one over on the other. He calls for either a single republic with all the people submitting power to the “administration of a single government”, which Madison tells would be run “hereditarily” or by a “self appointed authority”, and the second option is divided by two separate governments, and different governments and subdivisions are placed within them, making the majority stand out, with many little factions within that area as well, benefiting the whole society this way.

Federalist Paper #10

This document basically went against Democracy in the fact that Democracy consists of small groups with small numbers of people running them. Madison’s fear was that with a small group of people, a tyranny is more likely to occur with an imposter getting in to a place of power, having a larger say in matters, corrupting that government. This is why republicanism works; it gave room for more factions, giving people more freedom to find what interested them and in return, the current government was less likely to be overrun, and it wouldn’t have been easy to do, being that the idea was many representatives for many people, uniting many other factions to be in a pool of diversity, giving a more stable government. By the ideals of Republicanism, people should get land (because of “unequal distribution of land”), as it gives them rights to vote, giving a more accurate account of what our country wants and needs through means of voting and giving all members that right. Also, this gives people classes and branches to go out and fit into. With the current government (in the late 1700s), they all had to come together because being apart just isn’t working to their advantage, at least, not as much as being united would. State governments tax differently for different structures, with a higher gouging to those who weren’t a part of the Legislature, with them getting off the hook, playing the government to their advantage. (Checks on the government are later mentioned in #51.) Basically, this was a calling to the colonists of how the best way to govern the colonies was through Republicanism, because through its ways of rule, it was easier to keep an eye on the government, and that some changes were needed for the colonists, making this something easy to accept.

Sex for the Puritans Encouraged?

Although the Puritans lived in a time of "purity", as their name suggests, they didn't condone marital sex for the fact that they believed that it was suggested by God for this practice (in the Bible), also being something humans couldn't resist, (so they married their children early, not wanting them unmarried when they practiced this), and that a marriage was failing if they went without it. Why do you think there were so many kids back then? (No, it wasn't that the stork had an overload)

(Besides the need for more workers on the farm, a bunch of kids would be a daily reminder of their "sinful acts", if it was looked down upon, so they got started right after being married,wanting to have the perfect marriage, if you know what I mean).