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Federalist No. 5 Explained: Why Rival Confederacies Turn Against Each Other
Written by John Jay, Federalist No. 5 argues that if America split into separate confederacies, they would not remain peaceful partners for long. In this episode, we explain why Jay thought rivalry, jealousy, unequal strength, and foreign manipulation would turn neighboring American confederacies against one another.
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