James Madison‚ Jr. (March 16‚ 1751 -- June 28‚ 1836) was an American statesman‚ political theorist and the fourth President of the United States (1809--1817). He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for being instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights. He served as a politician much of his adult life. After the constitution had been drafted‚ Madison became one of the leaders in the movement to ratify
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friend Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison came from a prosperous family of Virginia planters‚ received an excellent education‚ and studied law though only informally and quickly found himself drawn into the debates over independence. In 1776‚ he became a delegate to the revolutionary Virginia Convention‚ where he worked closely with Thomas Jefferson to push through religious freedom statutes‚ among other liberal measures. The youngest member of the Continental Congress‚ Madison was of smaller than average
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Running head: THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT The Branches of Government Alicia Sanders University of Phoenix His 301 The Branches of Government Ever wonder how our government works? The government was divided into three branches: the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial. What were the reasons our forefathers divided the government into these branches? Each branch works together as a whole by a system of checks and balances in order for the government to be run properly and no one branch
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NOTES •James Madison was very involved in the Revolutionary War during the ratification of the Constitution. He and Alexander Hamilton wrote most of the Federalist papers. “The Federalist (also known as the "Federalist Papers") is a collection of eighty-five essays on the U.S. Constitution written under the pseudonym Publius by Alexander Hamilton‚ James Madison‚ and John Jay. Madison and Hamilton eventually wrote all but five of the essays‚ which appeared serially in New York City newspapers between
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The Constitution guards against the tyranny‚ in many different ways. It begins in 1787 when our founding fathers gathered in Philadelphia to discuss a problem‚ that problem was that The Articles of Confederation was not working. They then had a long debate and decided to make a new piece of document‚ that document is now called The Constitution. It helped a new term of Federalism‚ Separation of powers‚ Checks and Balances‚ and helping to balance power between the small and larger states. The first
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think tyranny is just one absolute ruler‚ but it can be when one‚ few or many abuse their powers and become an oppressive ruler. When writing the Constitution‚ the framers had to guard against tyranny while still keeping the states united. The Articles of Confederation did not have a strong central government‚ so a new plan was needed that continued to give power to the states‚ but also gave power to the central government. The systems in the United States’ plan of government protect against tyranny
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Castro and the Dangers of Tyrannical Governments Over the course of history it has been the fate of many nations to fall under the rule of tyrannical governments. Tyrannical governments are one of the biggest threats to human rights. There are a few forms of governments which can be considered “tyrannical”‚ one of which would be communism. One country that is a prime example of a nation denying their people of their basic human rights due to their oppressive government if Cuba‚ whose leader is Fidel
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The 3 Branches Research Paper In the United States we have three different branches that make up our government. The branches include: the legislative branch‚ the executive branch‚ and the judicial branch. Even though they are all part of the U.S. government‚ they all have separate powers and responsibilities. For example‚ the legislative branch is able to make a law‚ while the executive branch enforces that law. All of the branches are made up of many different people with their own rolls in the
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The constitution guarded against tyranny in several ways. Some of those ways were federalism‚ checks and balances‚ large states verses small states and division and separation of power. Here is how it all got started. 55 white males gathered in Philadelphia to form the document that keeps our country on the map. The document‚ is The Unites States Constitution of Independence. The constitution was written and formed in May of the year1787. The constitution has seven articles. Many people do not realize
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Why was James Madison called the “Father of the constitution”? And who is he? Here are some facts I have listed about what him and the name he is known as. James Madison was born and raised on March 16th 1751 in virginia surrounded by his large family of wealthy farmers. Growing up James was dangerously in love with his studies he would stay up night after night at some points it became a concern of his health but he loved his studies he couldn’t walk away from them. Madison entered politics
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