civics lesson

This delegate took notes at the

Philadelphia Convention.

Name:James Madison

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Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: March 16, 1751

Two Additional Clues: he died on  June 28, 1836 , he was president

Clue: he has a college named after him.

He refused to sign the Constitution.

Name: goarge mason

State: virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 1725

Two Additional Clues:he married ann thomas mason he died in 1792

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This delegate was the head of the

Virginia delegation to the convention.

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He practiced in law in Williamsburg.

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He studied medicine in Scotland.

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This Framer emancipated his slaves in

his will.

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He was responsible for the Judiciary Act

of 1789.

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He was the chairman of the Committee

on Style.

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He served on the committees that draft

both the Declaration of Independence

and the Article of Confederation.

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He studied law in Philadelphia.

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He was a roommate of James Madison

at the College of New Jersey.

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He served as the first postmaster general

of Wilmington.

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He voted against independence and did

sign the Declaration of Independence.

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He voted against the independence, but

signed the Declaration of

Independence.

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He was born in Connecticut.

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During the Revolution he served as a

lieutenant colonel in the dragoons.

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Served as one of the original trustees of

the University of Georgia at Athens.

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His notes at the convention described the

personalities of others.

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He studied in Flanders, Belgium.

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He died three years after the convention.

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He was opposed to increasing the power

of the federal government.

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He was called away from the convention

due to family illness.

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This Framer studied law under Thomas

Jefferson.

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After Shays’ Rebellion, he spoke out

against giving the common people too

much power.

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He became an apprentice to a merchant

at the age of fifteen.

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He was born in the territory that became

Maine.

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In his early twenties he contracted

smallpox, which damaged his eyesight.

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He came late to the convention and

served on Committee of Postponed

Matters.

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His wealth came from investing in trade.

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He was arrested by the British for

treason, rescued by a group of patriots.

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He went to convention because his

father and an associate decided not to

go.

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He is not to be confused with the

gentlemen from Georgia who also did

not sign the Constitution.

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He served as a missionary among the

Mohawk Indians as a teen.

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He was born in Ireland and came to the

colonies at the age of two.

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During the Revolution he served as

secretary and aide to General

Washington.

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He believed that the Articles of

Confederation should simply have been

amended.

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He served eight years as chief justice of

the New York Supreme Court.

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In 1790, he moved, settling in what is

now Tennessee, and was one of its first

U.S. senators.

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He was born in North Carolina, but

raised in Ireland and Scotland.

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He was educated to be a minister, but

studied medicine in Europe.

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He was one of the founders of the

University of North Carolina.

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He was tried and acquitted of the charge

of cowardice after the Battle of

Germantown.

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His Poor Richard’s Almanac was read

nationwide.

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He was expelled from the Quaker church

for his military service.

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He served as superintendent of finance

under the Articles of Confederation..

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He lived in Philadelphia, where he was a

prominent businessman.

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This delegate was born in Connecticut,

the son of a British colonial official.

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After the Revolutionary war, he

defended loyalists and their

sympathizers.

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Early in life, he lost a leg in a carriage

accident.

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He studied law in London, then

practiced law and built a fortune.

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He served in the military during the

Revolution and was held as a prisoner

for two years.

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He was an older cousin to delegate with

almost the same name.

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He served in the British Army until

1771, when he resigned after marrying

a colonial girl.

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