ppll Flashcards
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James Madison
-Fourth president
-Virginia Patriot
-Founding father
-Wrote 600 notes that help us today
-Thought power should come from the people in a government
-Drafted Virginia Plan
-Proposed 3-5ths compromise
-Said that ppl would choose people from their own state if people chose the executive
-Said people are the foundation of power when the constitution needed to be ratified
Nathan Dane
-Author of NW ordinance
Rufus King
-Author of NW ordinance
-Thought Gunning Bedford was crazy for saying that small states would join a foreign ally
John Adams
-Represented US in GB
Jefferson
-Represented US in France
Who didn’t attend the Constitutional Convention not including Jefferson and Adams?
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry
Thought strong national government would endanger the rights of the states
Edmund Randolph
-Proposed Virginia Plan
-Opposed single executive b/c three people leading is better than 1
-Didn’t sign constitution
William Patterson
-Crated New Jersey Plan
James Wilson
-Thought representation should be based on population
-Urged single executive
-Said “a good gov depends on clear, timely, & responsible leadership which can be found in 1 person”
Gunning Bedford
-Thought small states would get swallowed by large states and hurt and threatened that small states would join a foreign ally
Roger Sherman
-Proposed Great Compromise
Elbridge Gerry
-Thought “blacks were property & should be taxed”
-Didn’t sign Constitution because it didn’t protect peoples rights
Gouveneur Morris
-Thought slaves were property & shouldn’t be counted for representation
-Stilled wanted to stop slavery
-Disagreed when ppl thought Congress should choose executive
Benjamin Franklin
-Became president of an anti-slavery campaign
-Said that you didn’t know if you would get a bad president so no single ex pls
Charles Pinckney
-Urged single representative
