Take the following quiz http://constitutioncenter.org/foundersquiz/. When you finish, click on the information about the man you are like, and read his biography. In a post below, write which Founding Father you are, which state he was from and what his contributions were, and why you think you got him. Which aspect(s) of his life or personality might you see some relation to yours?
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Anna Sexauer : James Madison
9/6/2017 02:05:19 pm
James Madison was a fellow Virginian and was regarded as the father of the Constitution. He helped push for the ratification by leading movements in Virginia and co-authored the Federalists Papers in hopes to convince New York of ratification. I think I got James Madison because he was committed to the goal of reform and ratification and fought tirelessly on it's behalf. I believe I also hold a similar passion for things I decide are important to me and fight with equal determination to see them carried through. Madison was also distinguished in that he was the youngest delegate at the Continental Congress, held many leadership positions within the great Commonwealth of Virginia, and eventually became president. Although to an extremely lesser degree, I feel like I am pretty distinguished in the areas I truly commit myself to.
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Jazmine Evans: George Mason
9/6/2017 06:18:37 pm
George Mason was born in present day Fairfax County, Virginia, and like many other Southerners, he was an anti-federalist. He very openly opposed Madison and the other federalists that attended the convention. Although his contributions did greatly influence the creation of the Constitution, he refused to sign it, because it lacked a Bill of Rights. He even supported the notion that Virginia should refuse to sign the document, because he thought that the direct statement and description of the rights of a United States citizen was so important. I am not sure what I have in common with this framer, but I do respect his refusal to sign something that he could not fully support, even when he was influenced by others like George Washington and James Madison.
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Samantha: Elbridge Gerry
9/6/2017 07:33:36 pm
Elbridge Gerry was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts where he became an outspoken supporter for independence. In 1776, when Gerry became apart of the Continental Congress, he was really involved with the military and financial issues, like getting the military better pay and equipment. This gave him the nickname “ Soldiers’ Friend.” Even the people who did not agree with him said that when it came to politics he was intelligent and clever. Gerry was alert to the dangers of an uncontrolled central government and this is why he refused to sign the Constitution. Even though I may not show it I get irritated easily by family and friends, especially if I am tired and I feel like people are not listening to me. I do not think I am self-righteous to the point that I think I am morally superior to people, however at times perhaps I can be judgemental when I feel like people are acting stupid.
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Courtney: John Rutledge
9/6/2017 09:23:18 pm
John Rutledge was an excellent orator and politician from South Carolina. He served as a delegate in the Continental Congress in 1774 and played an active part in helping to reconstruct South Carolina's government as well as writing South Carolina’s state constitution. During the Philadelphia convention, Rutledge frequently spoke on important issues and worked on many significant committees, primarily in favor of southern interests. Later on, he was appointed by President Washington to serve as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, until he left in 1791. I most likely matched with this founding father because I believe I share some of the same personality traits with Rutledge (commanding, strong-willed, and astute).
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Robby : Elbridge Gerry
9/7/2017 02:21:37 pm
The Founding Father that I am most like is Elbridge Gerry. His home state was Massachusetts, and he was against the ratification of the Constitution. He had greatly opposed the Constitution because he was suspicious of the dangers of the dangers of an unchecked central government. This led him to refusing to sign the Constitution on September 17, 1787. This was surprising since before the convention he advocated a strong central government, and also advocated for more attention towards military and financial issues. I believe I got Elbridge Gerry because he was an outspoken person who was frank in conversations and arguments. Also, Gerry was an irritable person, which is a trait that I also possess. These are the aspects of his life and personality that relates to myself.
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Katie Hart
9/7/2017 03:33:01 pm
I was most like Charles Pinckney who was from South Carolina. In 1790 he chaired the state constitutional convention. Charles became associated with the Federalist Party, in which he was a leader. Charles was self confident and vain. I guess that would be an accurate description of me. Also, his father was a lawyer and so is my mother.
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Olivia Kellam
9/7/2017 03:34:55 pm
I was most like Roger Sherman, who is from Connecticut. Sherman was a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also a member of the Continental Congress and was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator. Sherman was steady, rational, and conciliatory. I believe that we are both calm and rational people, and I am willing to help people with their problems, as was Sherman apparently.
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Palmer Smith: Benjamin Franklin
9/7/2017 05:12:45 pm
The Founding Father I am most like is Benjamin Franklin. Franklin is from Pennsylvania and was known for being well-natured, worldly-wise, and intellectually curious. He served in the Continental Congress, was one of the members of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was chosen to preside over the Pennsylvania constitutional convention. I believe I am most like Benjamin Franklin due to his well-naturedness. I like to think I have good morals and am a good person.
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Madison Wessells
9/7/2017 07:12:09 pm
After taking the quiz, my results showed that I am most like Roger Sherman. He was from Newton, Massachusetts and worked as a cobbler, surveyor, and a lawyer. Sherman was elected to the General Assembly as a representative of New Milford, Connecticut and was elected to the Continental Congress in 1774. Roger Sherman’s contribution to the Constitution was the Great Compromise. The Great Compromise is the plan that was developed at the constitutional Convention that settled differences between large and small states.This plan called for equal representation in the Senate and the creation of a new house called the House of Representatives. This new house was based on the population of the states. The Great Compromise also known as the Connecticut Compromise solved the controversy between the Virginia Plan and The New Jersey Plan. The Virginia Plan which favored states with large populations called for each state to have representation based on population and presented the idea of a two-house legislature. The New Jersey Plan called for equal representation among all states and proposed a unicameral legislature which allowed states only one vote. After he was recognized as a distinguished member of the Constitutional Convention, Sherman was elected as the Senator from Connecticut. I like to think that I share some of Roger Sherman's characteristics such as being a hard-worker and determined.
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Daniel Rohde
9/7/2017 08:45:16 pm
I was most like Charles Pinckney. He was from South Carolina and served in the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1778. As a nationalist, he wanted the government to be strong enough to insure people's rights. He also summited a draft plan which was a basis for the Constitution. He was self confident and vain and ambitious which can describe me because I am pretty self confident and my career path that I would like to do is rather ambitious.
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Rose
9/7/2017 09:02:38 pm
The founding father that I got was Virginia’s George Washington, who was elected by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to preside over the proceedings of the convention. Washington became the first President of the United States and many of his decisions reflected strong Federalist tendencies. Almost everything that Washington did set a precedent for the new government. I do not know why I got George Washington, but we must have some similar characteristics for me to have done so.
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Emma Booker
9/7/2017 09:03:01 pm
According to the quiz, I was most like the Founding Father George Mason. George Mason was from Virginia and represented his state at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Prior to this, Mason was an extremely influential man who fought politically for the rights of the people against the Stamp Act and to defend colonial expansion West. He scripted the Virginia Declaration of Rights and soon after retired to his estate. Although not attending the first convention in Annapolis, Mason played a key role at the Philadelphia convention and spoke frequently, though not signing the Constitution in the end because he did not entirely agree with it. I believe I got this result because George Mason was known to have large, extravagant libraries and I like to read.
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Jackson Rose
9/7/2017 10:17:03 pm
The Founding Father I got was George Mason, a wealthy plantation owner from Virginia who was a fierce anti-federalist, perhaps the most critical opponent of Madison and the Federalists. He talked often at the convention and became increasingly critical of the way the Constitution was shaping up, so he did not sign it. I'm not really sure why I got him because his traits were principled, provincial, and libertarian, which I don't describe me particularly well. Principled, I believe, does apply to me as I feel that I have a good moral compass. Provincial doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, and libertarian does not really apply to me. I think I may have gotten George Mason because I can be stubborn sometimes.
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Kevin Willis
9/8/2017 07:26:17 am
I got George Mason who was a delegate from Fairfax County Virginia. He was an anti-federalist who was the most socially influential objector to the constitution. The problem he had with it was its lack of a bill of rights. He returned home to Virginia to actively campaign for the ratification of the constitution which caused him to lose Washington and Madison as friends. I don't really feel like I am like Mason politically, socially, or even recreationally. I prefer the aspects of a stronger government, so I wouldn't have been an anti-federalist. I believe this is a result of the lack of choices presented by the quiz.
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