David+K.+-+I+am+James+Madison

toc =Historical Inquiry=

My "I am..." person is James Madison, and he is known for one of the Founding Fathers of America, fourth president of the United States, co-founder of the Democratic-Republican Party, wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, and drafting the Bill of Rights. Madison was a great contribution to the founding of America's government, because without the idea about the Bill of Rights (where it supported the rights of the people) it wouldn't have made America's government so special. I already know about his family and early life which was a; rich childhood by a father whom was a plantowner, had 7 siblings, mother named Eleanor Rose, very studious, close friends with Jefferson, and graduated from Princeton University. He was born on March 16th, 1751 at Port Conway, Virginia. I already know of his contributions to America and how important he was to the history of United States, but sometimes I have some questions about my person. I had a total of five questions and they were: //If James Madison wasn't born, what would have happened today in America? What would James Madison choose to work today (what job would he choose)? Which political party would James Madison be in? If James Madison was poor, would he have been famous? If James Madison was born in a different time and area, would he still be significant?// Of all those questions my main historical question is:


 * Which political party would James Madison be in now?**

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=Primary Sources= Document Audio Video Visual Quotes
 * [|James Madison's Documents]
 * [|James Madison's Letter to Thomas Jefferson]
 * [|James Madison's Virginia Resolution]
 * [|James Madison's Federalist Paper No. 10]
 * [|First Inaugural Address by James Madison]
 * [|James Madison Portraits]
 * [|List of Quotes from James Madison]
 * "If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary."
 * “ABC-CLIO: American History: Entry Display.” 26 Mar 2008 <[|http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display.aspx?categoryid=34&entryid=266891&searchtext=james+madison&type=simple&option=all&searchsites=4,>.]
 * "In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
 * “ABC-CLIO: American History: Entry Display.” 26 Mar 2008 

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