Brutus III

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Brutus III is the third in a series of influential Anti-Federalist essays, written under the pseudonym "Brutus," that argued against ratifying the proposed U.S. Constitution.

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Brutus III canonical 8

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instanceOf 18th-century work ⓘ
Anti-Federalist essay ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
approximateDate 1787 ⓘ
author Brutus ⓘ
authorPseudonymOf unknown author ⓘ
citedAs Brutus No. 3 ⓘ
concernedWith adequacy of representation in Congress ⓘ
distance between representatives and constituents ⓘ
potential for aristocratic government ⓘ
contrastsWith The Federalist Papers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes insufficient safeguards for individual rights ⓘ
size and scope of the proposed federal legislature ⓘ
documentType pamphlet-style essay ⓘ
genre constitutional criticism ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasPerspective skepticism toward large, centralized republics ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Founding era ⓘ
historicalSignificance key text in Anti-Federalist constitutional thought ⓘ
influenced public debate over U.S. Constitution ratification ⓘ
intendedAudience general American public in 1787–1788 ⓘ
voters in ratifying conventions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic dangers of consolidated national power ⓘ
proposed U.S. Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Plan

representation in a large republic ⓘ
rights and liberties under the proposed Constitution ⓘ
structure of the federal government ⓘ
medium newspaper essay ⓘ
opposes Federalist arguments for ratification ⓘ
partOf Anti-Federalist Papers ⓘ
Brutus essays ⓘ
linked to: Letters of Brutus
politicalAlignment Anti-Federalist ⓘ
linked to: Anti-Federalists
positionOn opposition to ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
publishedIn New York ⓘ
relatedWork Brutus I ⓘ
Brutus II ⓘ
Brutus IV ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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Brutus IX → isLaterThan → Brutus III ⓘ
Brutus XVI → relatedWork → Brutus III ⓘ
Brutus X → relatedWork → Brutus III ⓘ
Brutus IV → relatedTo → Brutus III ⓘ
Brutus VIII → relatedTo → Brutus III ⓘ
Brutus VII → relatedTo → Brutus III ⓘ
Brutus XXVII → relatedTo → Brutus III ⓘ