who do you think is considered the "Father of the Constitution"George WashingtonJames MadisonBen Franklin
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who do you think is considered the "Father of the Constitution"George WashingtonJames MadisonBen Franklin
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James Madison is often considered the "Father of the Constitution".
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George Washington to James Madison Jr., November 5, 1786"Without some alteration in our political creed, the superstructure we have been seven years raising at the expence of so much blood and treasure, must fall. We are fast verging to anarchy and confusion!...A letter which I have just received from Gen. Knox, who had just returned from Massachusetts (whither he had been sent by Congress consequent of the commotion in that State) is replete with melancholy information of the temper, and designs of a considerable part of that people...What stronger evidence can be given of the want of energy in our governments than these disorders? If there exists not a power to check them, what security has a man for life, liberty, or property? To you, I am sure I need not add aught on this subject, the consequences of a lax, or inefficient government, are too obvious to be dwelt on. Thirteen Sovereignties pulling against each other, and all tugging at the federal head will soon bring ruin on the whole; whereas a liberal, and energetic Constitution, well guarded and closely watched, to prevent incroachments, might restore us to that degree of respectability and consequence, to which we had a fair claim, and the brightest prospect of attaining.""From George Washington to James Madison, 5 November 1786,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-04-02-0299. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 4, 2 April 1786 – 31 January 1787, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, pp. 331–332].Which of the following aspects of the U.S. Constitution MOST satisfied Washington's concern that "If there exists not a power to check them, what security has a man for life, liberty, or property"?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAThe House of RepresentativesBThe Electoral CollegeCThe Bill of RightsDCongress's power to declare war
By 1781 which Founding Father had become the president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society?Samuel ChaseThomas JeffersonPatrick HenryBenjamin Franklin
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