The Federalist Papers were written _____.
a) to promote the Bill of Rights
b) to encourage states to reconsider the Articles of Confederation
c) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay in defense
of a strong federal government
d) to lobby state legislatures to enforce the freedom of religion,
freedom of speech and freedom of the press among other
freedoms
e) by John Jay, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as a
defense of the Declaration of Independence