 Video Archives
Portrait Gallery
Classroom
Cable Affiliates
Home
 Buy works online |
|
 |
| 
 |
|
Born: March 16, 1751 - Port Conway, VA
Died: June 28, 1836 - Montpelier, VA
| Excerpt from the U.S. Constitution |
|
 e the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Read the whole work
|
|
Teaching Topics in Social Studies
James Madison was a delegate to Viriginia's COLONIAL LEGISLATURE before he was a delegate to the CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION in Phildaelphia. He is considered to be the primary architect of the U.S. CONSITUTION.
With Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, he wrote THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, a series of papers published anonymously, urging the states to ratify the Constitution. Later, in the U.S. CONGRESS, he pressed for the inclusion of the BILL OF RIGHTS. As the 4th president, he presided over the WAR OF 1812.
Teaching Topics in Language Arts
James Madison brought a vast knowledge
| Scavenger Hunt |
| Scavenger Hunt |
| What plan for a national government did he present to the Constitutional Convention?
|
| . . . answer . . .
|
|
|
of HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS and PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS concerning previous republics to the Constitutional Convention.
He was not only the most well-prepared delegate, he took the best NOTES. The Federalist Papers, employed both PROPAGANDA and persuasive ARGUMENT.
| Facts About the U.S. Constitution |
- Composed in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention of 1787
- The Convention was attended by delegates from all thirteen colonies except Rhode Island
- Nine former colonies had to ratify the Constitution in order for it to take hold; it took ten months to ratify the US Constitution
- Ratification gave birth to the Federalist and Anti-Federalist parties
- Longest surviving viable national constitution in the world
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
