JAMES MADISON

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• JAMES MADISON
• FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION

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Facts about Madison

• Leader in the Virginia Assembly and Writer of
  Virginia Constitution in 1776
• Member of the Continental Congress
• Student of history and government
• Took notes throughout the Constitutional
  Convention

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Framer of the Constitution

• Madison arrived two weeks before the
  Constitutional Convention to gather his thoughts
• He came wanting to do more than change the
  Articles of Confederation

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Father of the Constitution

• Edmund Randolph presented Madisons Virginia
  Plan to the convention
• The plan proposed a federal system of government
  with 3 branches
• The plan caused great debate about representation
  based on population

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Father of the Constitution

• Madison played a major role in ratifying the
  Constitution by writing with Alexander Hamilton
  and John Jay the Federalist essays
• Helped frame the Bill of Rights

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• Served as Secretary under President Thomas
  Jefferson
• 4th President of the United States
• President during the War of 1812 and the burning
  of the White House