Gouverneur+Morris'+Delegate+Profile

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__Profile Questions__

 * Question: How about a brief biography? What is your background? **
 * Answer: Hi my name is Gouvernour Morris I was born in the Morrisania Estate, Westchester County, New York. I had a complete education ending with me graduating from Kings College in May 1768. In 1771 I was licensed to practice law and might I say I was pretty good at it. I served a lot during the American Revolution including me making defenses for Washington's main army. I was the commisioner to England in 1789 and the Minister Plenipotentiary to France from 1792-1794. One interesting thing about me is the lower part of my leg had to be amputated because I was involved in a freak carriage accident when I was 28. I died at the age of 64 on November 6, 1816. **
 * Question: Which should be stronger, the state government or the national government? Why? **
 * Answer: I believe the national government. I think that if we don't have a strong central government eventually the states will start arguing and want to split up into countries, then no one will have higher authority than the states. **


 * Question: How should we determine the representation of the states in Congress? By population, money, equality...? **
 * Answer: I suggest by population because the bigger the state the more people and the opinions they have. **


 * Question: Who should vote for the members of the legislature, and why? **
 * Answer: The strongly educated male over 21 years of age. **


 * Question: Should we have one or more than one chief executive? Why? **
 * Answer: I believe that we should have one chief executive. I think that the chief executive should be able to have an assistant to help him, but their should only be one chief executive. **


 * Question; What kind of powers should the Chief Executive or Executives have? **
 * Answer: I think that the chief executive should be able to declare war, veto laws, and things like that nothing that makes him to powerful. **


 * Question: Who should elect the chief executive(s)? **
 * Answer: The people of the United States of America because we live in a republic. "The magistrate is not the king, the people are the king." **


 * Question: What should be done about slavery in the United States? Should it be kept or outlawed? **
 * Answer: Slavery should be outlawed. "Slavery is the curse of heaven on the States where it prevails." **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Question: Should slaves count in the population toward representation? Why or why not? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Answer: No they shouldn't they are counted as property. That gives the south a clear advantage in the lower house. If the south wants the slaves to count they should give them rights first. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Question: Should the national government be able to regulate the commerce of the United States? Why or why not? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Answer: Yes I believe that they should for a couple reasons. One of them is that we need to get out this debt somehow, and if the national government doesn't control the trade then who will? The states I do not believe should control the trade because it gives some states and unfair advantage and then arguement and it will all be one big mess. **

__Photo Album__
(3) photos with captions here.

__Friends__
James Madison George Washington Robert Morris

__Groups__
Big States Anti-Slavery College Graduate

__﻿Cites__
Biography of Gouverneur Morris, Page | Colonial Hall." //Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers//. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. [].

"Gouverneur Morris: One of the Founders of the United States of America | Bill of Rights Institute." //The Bill of Rights Institute | Educating Young People about the Constitution//. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. [].

"GOUVERNEUR MORRIS." //U.S. Army Center Of Military History//. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. [].

Gouverneur Morris." //New Netherland Institute - Home Page//. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. [].

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