Read the following excerpt from Federalist #15 by Alexander Hamilton. Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience. If there be no penalty annexed to disobedience, the resolutions or commands which pretend to be laws will, in fact, amount to nothing more than advice or recommendation. Alexander Hamilton was most likely a Federalist who supported ratification of the Constitution. an Anti-Federalist who supported ratification of the Constitution. a Federalist who opposed ratification of the Constitution. an Anti-Federalist who opposed ratification of the Constitution.

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The answer is A; a Federalist who supported ratification of the Constitution.

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