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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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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United we stand‚ divided we fall The Federalist Papers Number 10 is written by James Madison and explains the necessity of the Constitution to protect our country from factions. A faction is “a number of citizens‚ whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole‚ who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion or of interest‚ adverse to the rights of other citizens‚ or to the permanent aggregate interests of the community (Publius‚ 72).” Publius states that there are two ways
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In Federalist Paper Number 10 Madison writes‚ “Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union‚ none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tenancy to break and control the violence of faction”. He specifically explains how a union will be problematic in that would cause the government to be unstable and ultimately lead to injustice. Instead‚ he argues for the importance of the braking and controlling factions instead. Madison views factions as dangerous to the republic
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Federalist 47 and 48 Responses Federalist 47- In this paper‚ Madison is responding to the issue of having a federal government. He argues against the assumption that this new government will be allotted too much power and control America as an empire. In response‚ Madison writes that the U.S Constitution balances the government well by using the system of separation of powers among the executive‚ judiciary‚ and legislature. Madison also stated that these powers would blend and intertwine; however
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Throughout the beginning of the country’s political growth‚ the United States was divided into two basic political parties known as the Federalists and the Jeffersonian Republicans. While Jefferson and Madison’s presidencies were opposed by the Federalists‚ some of their contributions supported the Federalist Party’s beliefs.. While Jefferson and Madison’s decisions in office were mainly based of off a strict construction of the constitution‚ some decisions came from a loose construction. These loose
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Tocqueville and James Madison had two distinctly different philosophical views when it came to the problem of “majority tyranny.” In Tocqueville and the Tyranny of the Majority‚ Morton J. Horwitz discusses in length the writings of the Frenchman when he came to and became fascinated by America. Horowitz argues each man believes the public’s best interests and freedoms were being terrorized. The former (de Tocqueville) believed that society itself is a monster‚ but the latter (Madison) believed danger
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Benjamin Franklin and James Madison‚ both are famous men in America’s history‚ both are considered founding father’s having played key parts in this country’s development‚ and both of these two men are brilliant thinkers‚ each conjuring different ideals about issues at hand. Even with all these and more similarities‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ considered one of the greatest American minds of all time‚ and James Madison‚ considered the Architect of the Constitution‚ were different‚ and had different ideals
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Federalist Papers Analysis In the first Federalist paper‚ No. 10 written by James Madison‚ is an informative piece of writing warning us against the dangers of having such a strong‚ powerful government and what ways that we can break away from the “Violent Factions”. (Paragraph 1‚ Line 3.) As Madison goes on‚ he goes into great detail on the two ways of defeating the creation of factions. One would be to get rid of liberty and freedom all together‚ which is impossible to complete. The second way
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James Madison was one of the contributing authors to the Federalist Papers along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. Many of the papers were written to convince citizens to ratify the Constitution. The Federalist Paper No. 10‚ written by Madison‚ pertained to factions‚ and the abuse they caused due to the form of government. Factions‚ as defined by him‚ are political parties of citizens motivated and united by a common interest‚ usually unfavorable to the rights of other citizens or the community
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