1. Answer the following question: Why is there a constitution day and what mandated it?
To remember when the Constitution was created and because there were 55 men sent to attend the Constitutional Convention and were assigned the task of revising the Articles of Confederation, instead they drafted a new constitution to replace the Articles.
2. Could you pass the US citizenship test....find five links on the Internet and take the quizzes and post the links and your scores.
http://www.800citizen.org/us_citizenship_test/
http://www.us-immigration.com/?gclid=CKSIwp2ewrICFYio4Aod_jwAeg
http://www.history.com/interactives/citizenship-quiz
http://www.factmonster.com/quizzes/citizenship1/1.html
3. Constitution Day Scavenger Hunt with 60-Second Civics
You and your teammates have been given a set of clues to identify nine delegates to the Constitutional Convention that was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1787. In order to complete your task you need the clues provided by your teacher and podcasts from the Center for Civic Education. The podcasts are available at http://new.civiced.org/framers.
Clue:
This delegate took notes at the
Philadelphia Convention.
Name: James Madison
State: Pennsylvania
Age/Year of Birth: Born March 16,1751
Two Additional Clues: American Statesman and political theorist, fourth President of the United States
Clue:
He refused to sign the Constitution.
Name: George Mason
State: Virginia
Age/Year of Birth: Born December 11, 1725
Two Additional Clues: American Patriot, delegate from Virginia to the US Convention
Clue:
This delegate was the head of the
Virginia delegation to the convention.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He practiced in law in Williamsburg.
Name: John Blair
State: Virginia
Age/Year of Birth: Born in 1732
Two Additional Clues: He was actively involved in the colonial resistance to Great Britain, supporting moves to boycott the importation of British goods in reaction to the Townshend Duties. Blair participated in Virginia's constitutional convention of 1776, sitting on a committee to amend George Mason’s declaration of rights and frame the state’s constitution.
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Clue:
He studied medicine in Scotland.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
This Framer emancipated his slaves in
his will.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was responsible for the Judiciary Act
of 1789.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was the chairman of the Committee
on Style.
Name: William Samuel Johnson
State: Conn
Age/Year of Birth: 1727
Two Additional Clues: President of Columbia college, peacemaker
Clue:
He served on the committees that draft
both the Declaration of Independence
and the Article of Confederation.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
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Clue:
He studied law in Philadelphia.
Name: Richard Bassett
State: Delaware
Age/Year of Birth: 1745
Two Additional Clues: owned 3 homes in Delaware and Maryland, made no speeches at Philadelphia convention
Clue:
He was a roommate of James Madison
at the College of New Jersey.
Name: Gunning Bedford, Jr
State: Delaware
Age/Year of Birth: 1747
Two Additional Clues: represented the small states point of view, spent many years as a federal district judge
Clue:
He served as the first postmaster general
of Wilmington.
Name: Jacob Broom
State: Delaware
Age/Year of Birth: 1752
Two Additional Clues: died in Philadelphia while attending business, had various careers
Clue:
He voted against independence and did not
sign the Declaration of Independence.
Name: John Dickinson
State: Delaware
Age/Year of Birth: 1732
Two Additional Clues: he did enlist in the Continental Army, had the reputation of a scholar and was highly respected
Clue:
He voted against the independence, but
signed the Declaration of
Independence.
Name: George Read
State: Delaware
Age/Year of Birth: 1733
Two Additional Clues: led the ratification battle in Delaware, Chief Justice of Delaware until death
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Clue:
He was born in Connecticut.
Name: Jared Ingersoll
State: PA
Age/Year of Birth: 1749
Two Additional Clues: ran for VP but lost, argued several cases before supreme court
Clue:
During the Revolution he served as a
lieutenant colonel in the dragoons.
Name: William Few
State: Georgia
Age/Year of Birth: 1748
Two Additional Clues: became one of Georgia's first U.S. Senators, served in Georgia state legislature and Continental Congress
Clue:
Served as one of the original trustees of
the University of Georgia at Athens.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
His notes at the convention described the
personalities of others.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He studied in Flanders, Belgium.
Name: Daniel Carroll
State: Maryland
Age/Year of Birth: 1730
Two Additional Clues: served in the Maryland senate, arrived late to Philadelphia convention
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Clue:
He died three years after the convention.
Name: Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
State: Maryland
Age/Year of Birth: 1723
Two Additional Clues: owned a large estate near Annapolis, supported the Revolution
Clue:
He was opposed to increasing the power
of the federal government.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was called away from the convention
due to family illness.
Name: James McHenry
State: Maryland
Age/Year of Birth: 1753
Two Additional Clues: studied poetry and medicine, spent time writing after retiring
Clue:
This Framer studied law under Thomas
Jefferson.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
After Shays’ Rebellion, he spoke out
against giving the common people too
much power.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
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Clue:
He became an apprentice to a merchant
at the age of fifteen.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was born in the territory that became
Maine.
Name: Rufus King
State: Mass.
Age/Year of Birth: 1755
Two Additional Clues: graduated from Harvard, early opponent of slavery
Clue:
In his early twenties he contracted
smallpox, which damaged his eyesight.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He came late to the convention and
served on Committee of Postponed
Matters.
Name: Nicholas Gilman
State: New Hampshire
Age/Year of Birth: 1755
Two Additional Clues: returned home after war to work in father's store, poor attendance in continental congress
Clue:
His wealth came from investing in trade.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
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Clue:
He was arrested by the British for
treason, rescued by a group of patriots.
Name: David Brearly
State: NJ
Age/Year of Birth: 1745
Two Additional Clues: fought in Revolutionary War, died at age 45
Clue:
He went to convention because his
father and an associate decided not to
go.
Name: Jonathan Dayton
State: NJ
Age/Year of Birth: 1760
Two Additional Clues: graduated from the college of NJ, signed Constitution even though there were parts he didn't like
Clue:
He is not to be confused with the
gentlemen from Georgia who also did
not sign the Constitution.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He served as a missionary among the
Mohawk Indians as a teen.
Name: William Livingston
State: NJ
Age/Year of Birth: 1723
Two Additional Clues: served as Governer from 1776 until his death, graduated from Yale
Clue:
He was born in Ireland and came to the
colonies at the age of two.
Name: William Paterson
State: NJ
Age/Year of Birth: 1745
Two Additional Clues: served as attorney general of NJ, supported Patriots
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Clue:
During the Revolution he served as
secretary and aide to General
Washington.
Name: Alexander Hamilton
State: NY
Age/Year of Birth: 1757
Two Additional Clues: born to unmarried parents, killed in duel
Clue:
He believed that the Articles of
Confederation should simply have been
amended.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He served eight years as chief justice of
the New York Supreme Court.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
In 1790, he moved, settling in what is
now Tennessee, and was one of its first
U.S. senators.
Name: William Blount
State: North Carolina
Age/Year of Birth: 1749
Two Additional Clues: expelled from the Senate in 1797, successful career in Tennessee state Senate
Clue:
He was born in North Carolina, but
raised in Ireland and Scotland.
Name: Richard Dobbs Spaight
State: North Carolina
Age/Year of Birth: 1758
Two Additional Clues: served in state miltia and legislature, attended every session of Philadelphia Convention
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Clue:
He was educated to be a minister, but
studied medicine in Europe.
Name: Hugh Williamson
State: North Carolina
Age/Year of Birth: 1735
Two Additional Clues: surgeon-general to state troops, served 2 terms in the U.S. house
Clue:
He was one of the founders of the
University of North Carolina.
Name: William R. Davie
State: North Carolina
Age/Year of Birth: 1756
Two Additional Clues: served in the military, and favored the Great Compromise
Clue:
He was tried and acquitted of the charge
of cowardice after the Battle of
Germantown.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
His Poor Richard’s Almanac was read
nationwide.
Name: Benjamin Franklin
State: PA
Age/Year of Birth: 1706
Two Additional Clues: oldest delegate to the Philadelphia convention, carried to and from meetings in a special chair
Clue:
He was expelled from the Quaker church
for his military service.
Name: Thomas Mifflin
State: PA
Age/Year of Birth: 1744
Two Additional Clues: attended Philadelphia convention but didn't speak, served 10 years as Governer
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Clue:
He served as superintendent of finance
under the Articles of Confederation.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He lived in Philadelphia, where he was a
prominent businessman.
Name: Thomas Fitzsimons
State: PA
Age/Year of Birth: 1741
Two Additional Clues: fought in the Revolutionary war, 3 terms in house of representatives
Clue:
This delegate was born in Connecticut,
the son of a British colonial official.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
After the Revolutionary war, he
defended loyalists and their
sympathizers.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
Early in life, he lost a leg in a carriage
accident.
Name: Gouverneur Morris
State: PA
Age/Year of Birth: 1752
Two Additional Clues: graduated from King's College in NY, many of his family and friends were loyalists
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Clue:
He studied law in London, then
practiced law and built a fortune.
Name: John Rutledge
State: South Carolina
Age/Year of Birth: 1739
Two Additional Clues: Washington appointed Rutledge to Supreme Court, agrued strongly for the interest of the Southern States
Clue:
He served in the military during the
Revolution and was held as a prisoner
for two years.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was an older cousin to delegate with
almost the same name.
Name: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
State: South Carolina
Age/Year of Birth: 1746
Two Additional Clues: educated in England, 1769 returned home to practice law
Clue:
He served in the British Army until
1771, when he resigned after marrying
a colonial girl.
Name: Pierce Butler
State: South Carolina
Age/Year of Birth: 1744
Two Additional Clues: served with SC militia in Revolutionary war, spoke often and Philadelphia Convention
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