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Period 1783-1800
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History
11th Grade
10/04/2011

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James Madison
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"Father of the Constitution", primary author of the United States Constitution and author of the Bill of Rights
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Alexander Hamilton
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"Founding Father", first US Secretary of the Treasury
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Governeur Morris
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Represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787
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Henry Knox
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After the US Constitution,he became President Washington's Secretary of War
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Edmund Randolph
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Seventh governor of Virginia, second Secretary of State, first US attorney general
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"Citizen" Edmond Genet
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French ambassador to the US during the French Revolution
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John Jay
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a Founding Father of the Continental Congress, first Chief Justice of the US
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John Adams
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second President of the United States, a Federalist, one of the key Founding Fathers of the US
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Thomas Jefferson
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an exponent of Jeffersonian democracy, influential Founding Father
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Richard Henry Lee
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signed the Articles of Confederation
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Patrick Henry
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leader of the anti-federalists in Virginia who opped the Constitution
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