The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy

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"The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy" is an essay by Alexander Hamilton in The Federalist Papers arguing that a strong, unified American union is essential for economic prosperity and effective maritime defense.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Federalist Paper ⓘ
essay ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Federalist No. 11 ⓘ
argument a single federal government can create a powerful navy ⓘ
a strong navy protects American commerce from European powers ⓘ
a unified trade policy can counter British commercial dominance ⓘ
a united America can negotiate better commercial treaties ⓘ
competition among separate American states would harm overall prosperity ⓘ
disunion would weaken American bargaining power in foreign trade ⓘ
author Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
citedAs Fed. 11 ⓘ
collectionEditors Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
John Jay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre constitutional commentary ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
hasPerspective pro-national-commercial-policy ⓘ
pro-strong-central-government ⓘ
historicalContext debate over ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
historicalPeriod early American Republic ⓘ
influenced American constitutional interpretation of federal power over commerce ⓘ
early U.S. naval policy debates ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalRelevance federal power over commerce and defense ⓘ
mainTheme economic advantages of political union ⓘ
foreign policy and trade competition with Europe ⓘ
importance of a unified navy ⓘ
maritime defense ⓘ
utility of the American Union for commerce ⓘ
originalPublicationMedium New York newspaper ⓘ
partOf The Federalist Papers ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York ⓘ
politicalAlignment Federalist ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
politicalGoal support ratification of the U.S. Constitution by New York ⓘ
publicationDate 1787 ⓘ
purpose to persuade New Yorkers to ratify the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
relatedWork The Federalist No. 10 ⓘ
linked to: Federalist No. 10

The Federalist No. 12 ⓘ
linked to: Federalist No. 12
seriesNumberInTheFederalistPapers 11 ⓘ
subject American union ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
international trade ⓘ
national security ⓘ
naval power ⓘ
targetAudience voters of New York ⓘ

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Federalist No. 11 → hasTitle → The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy ⓘ
Federalist No. 12 → alternateTitle → The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue ⓘ
linked to: The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy