The federalist papers provided a outline and the motivations for the system of the government that the constitution would create. While the authors of the federalist papers wanted to influence voters to ratify the constitution, they also wished to Shape the future, interpretations of the document. It is unclear what the true effect of the federalist papers were on the nation adopting the constitution. Firstly each state held separate ratification proceedings, in addition, many states had already ratified, by the time publication of the essays was well underway. Finally outside of New York, the essays was not printed reliably. This is the main reason the paper has been used for.
