Although the Articles introduced some policies and freedoms that the United States still enjoys today, leaders such as John Jay and James Madison criticized the work because it could not establish a strong government (Doc. ... An example of individual greed can be seen when John Jay tried to create a treaty with Great Britain that would have paid off the war debt but would not have helped merchants. John Jay had his own agenda and the benefit of his state was not of matter (Doc. ...

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The American colonists had fought a bitter war in order to achieve their independence from an oppressive British government. ... Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay wrote a series of 85 essays that appeared in New York newspapers. ...

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