When people think of the Founding Fathers of the United States‚ many think of Washington‚ Franklin‚ and Jefferson; but very few people think of James Madison. James Madison was an American politician‚ the fourth President of the United States‚ and considered to be the "Father of the Constitution"‚ he was the main author of the document; a document that has lasted over 220 years‚ through tough times including wars and economic struggles. This is why he is America’s most valuable Founding Father.
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Congress on September 25‚ 1789 and became part of the Bill of Rights on December 15‚ 1791 ‚ it was voted for by 9 out of 12 states . James Madison was the one to introduce the 8th amendment into the Bill of Rights ‚ Madison is also known as the “Father of the Constitution ’’ because he wrote all of the other ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. I guess you could say that Madison “borrowed’’ the 8th amendment form the 1681 English Bill of Rights which also said that excessive bails and cruel and unusual
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In James Madison’s‚ The 10th Federalist‚ Madison believes that in a nation a larger republic is safer and more efficient than that of a smaller republic. James Madison answers the question of how to eliminate the negative effects of faction. He defines a faction as‚ “a number of citizens‚ whether amounting to a minority or majority of the whole‚ who are untied and actuated by some common impulse of passion‚ or of interest‚ adverse to the rights of other citizens‚ or to the permanent and aggregate
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Federalist 10 1. Madison says that “complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens”—what are these complaints that people make. a. “…that our governments are too unstable‚ that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties‚ and that measures are too often decided‚ not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party‚ but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority.” 2. Are these complaints valid in Madison’s
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Federalist #10 1. Explain what Madison means by faction. (2). A faction is a group of people united by a common interest that goes against the common interest of the community (ex. political parties) 2. Explain how Madison suggests we can cure the mischiefs of factions. (3) There are two ways that Madison suggests: 1) removing its cause‚ 2) controlling its effects. 3. Explain why we can’t remove the causes of factions according to Madison. (4-6) We can’t remove
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Relevance Of Federalist Paper 51 In the 1700’s our founding fathers wrote many documents to control the government in their time and make it better for the future. One of the most influential groups of essays written are the Federalist Papers. Written by Alexander Hamilton‚ James Madison and John Jay these papers were made to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States. SInce the papers were written such a long time ago‚ some have become outdated and are no longer useful in
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Known as one of America’s founding fathers‚ secretary of state and president of the United States‚ James Madison was born in 1751 and grew up in Orange County‚ Virginia. Madison was the oldest of twelve children and son to a wealthy plantation owner. At age eleven‚ James was sent to a boarding school but returned five years later to receive private tutoring due to ill health. After two years‚ Madison went to study at Princeton University‚ then called the College of New Jersey‚ where he studied Latin
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Cindy Wong James Madison High School 11/24/2015 Persuasive essay Topic Home school is more effective than Public High School. Many people going to be a home schooling why is because a lot of people was never done well in Public High school is because they were 98% of a dropout students and sometimes it they can’t cooperate with their mind because at school most students couldn’t concerted sitting in class so they dropped out and took their GED. I never thought many students took
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English and Anglo- American history‚ the idea of checking and placing limits on political power became necessary after a history of a central government with too much control. During the 17th and 18th centuries‚ the English Bill of Rights and Federalist 10 were written in hopes of limiting political authority while still placing sufficient power in the hands of the government to maintain order. While both documents outlined power of the central government‚ they differed in terms of who’s voices mattered
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The two documents that I chose were Federalist Papers No. 51 and Federalist Papers No. 10. I chose document No. 51 because it stood out to me the most since checks and balances are something that we hear about every day and the checks and balances are used to check other branches of government to make sure that they do not get out of line. I chose No. 10 because it was the one where factions are used and we have factions because we have unalienable rights and we have all of the rights to have freedom
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