civics lesson

Clue:

This delegate took notes at the

Philadelphia Convention.

Name: James Madison

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 36/1751

Two Additional Clues:1.)  Fourth President of the United States 2.) Father of the Constitution

Clue:

He refused to sign the Constitution.

Name: George Mason

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 62/1725

Two Additional Clues:1.) Also called Father of the Bill of Rights 2.)Delegate from Virginia to the Constitutional Convention

Clue:

This delegate was the head of the

Virginia delegation to the convention.

Name: George Washington

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 55/1732

Two Additional Clues: General during the Revolutionary War 2.) First President

Clue:

He practiced in law in Williamsburg.

Name: Edmund Randolph

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 34/1753

Two Additional Clues: 1.) One of the eleven delegates selected to represent Virginia at the Continental Congress 2.) Was in private law practice

2

Clue:

He studied medicine in Scotland.

Name: Samuel Dick

State: New Jersey

Age/Year of Birth: 47/1740

Two Additional Clues: 1.) Delegate for New Jersey to the Confederation Congress 2.) Served in the New Jersey militia

Clue:

This Framer emancipated his slaves in

his will.

Name: Thomas Jefferson

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 44/1743

Two Additional Clues: 1.)An American founding father 2.) Principal author of the Declaration of Independence

Clue:

He was responsible for the Judiciary Act

of 1789.

Name: William Paterson

State: New Jersey

Age/Year of Birth:44/1745

Two Additional Clues: 1.) Born in Ireland 2.) Entered Princeton University at age 14

Clue:

He was the chairman of the Committee

on Style.

Name: William Samuel Johnson

State: Connecticut

Age/Year of Birth: 59/1727

Two Additional Clues: 1.) Born in Stratford, Connecticut 2.) United States Senator From Connecticut

Clue:

He served on the committees that draft

both the Declaration of Independence

and the Article of Confederation.

Name: Roger Sherman

State: Connecticut

Age/Year of Birth:68/1721

Two Additional Clues: 1.) Early American lawyer and politician 2.) Served as President of Columbia University

3

Clue:

He studied law in Philadelphia.

Name: George Ross

State: Pennsylvania

Age/Year of Birth:59/1730

Two Additional Clues:1.) Born in New Castle, Delaware 2.) Educated at home

Clue:

He was a roommate of James Madison

at the College of New Jersey.

Name: Gunning Bedford Jr.

State: Delaware

Age/Year of Birth:42/1747

Two Additional Clues:1.)  American lawyer 2.) Politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware

Clue:

He served as the first postmaster general

of Wilmington.

Name: Ben Franklin

State: Pennsylvania

Age/Year of Birth:83/1706

Two Additional Clues:1.) Scientist 2.) Invented electricity

Clue:

He voted against independence and did

sign the Declaration of Independence.

Name: George Read

State: Delaware

Age/Year of Birth:53/1733

Two Additional Clues: 1.) Continental Congressman form Delaware 2.) Member of the Federalist Party

 

4

Clue:

During the Revolution he served as a

lieutenant colonel in the dragoons.

Name: Henry Lee III

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 19/1756

Two Additional Clues:1.) Ninth Governor of Virginia 2.) The Virginia representative to the United States Congress

Clue:

Served as one of the original trustees of

the University of Georgia at Athens.

Name: William Houstoun

State: Georgia

Age/Year of Birth: 32/1755

Two Additional Clues: 1.) American planter, statesman, and lawyer 2.) Delegate from Georgia to the Continental Congress