James+Wilson's+Delegate+Profile

=**__James Wilson__**= toc

__Profile Questions__

 * Question: How about a brief biography? What is your background? **
 * Answer: I am James Wilson. I was born on September 14, 1742. I attended several universities, including St. Andrews, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and the College of Philadelphia. I am married to Hannah Gray. I studied law with John Dickinson, which is the most popular career field in these days. In 1774, I was a member of the Pennsylvania provincial meeting, and was appointed to a Committee of ** **Correspondence. I was elected to the Provincial Congress and the Continental Congress. In 1781 Congress appointed me as one of the directors of The Bank of North America. I am currently residing in Pennsylvania I am now here in Philadelphia to discuss a new government to our new country.**


 * Question: Which should be stronger, the state government or the national government? Why? **
 * Answer: In my opinion, our country should have a national government stronger than any of our state governments. If the state government was the strongest, one state alone take over the national government. However, if the national government was the strongest, it would be able to control the states and have power over them. **


 * Question: How should we determine the representation of the states in Congress? By population, money, equality...? **
 *  Answer: In my opinion, we should decide the number of delegates in Congress by population of each state. With this, states like Rhode Island would send the least delegates, while states like Pennsylvania would send much more. **


 * Question: Who should vote for the members of the legislature, and why? **
 * Answer: I think that, under our new government, the people should get to express their thoughts, and they should vote for people to become members of our legislature. **


 * Question: Should we have one or more than one chief executive? Why? **
 * Answer: In my opinion, our country should have only one chief executive. Having two chief executives would cause problems if they both disagreed with each other. **


 * Question; What kind of powers should the Chief Executive or Executives have? **
 * Answer: our chief executive should have certain powers. These powers should include things like running management and organization. What I mean by that is they would be in charge of setting dates and times for meetings and events, and making sure people attend. **


 * Question: Who should elect the chief executive(s)? **
 * Answer: Wealthy, educated people should elect the chief executive, as this is most likely too big of a decision for normal civilians to make. **


 * Question: What should be done about slavery in the United States? Should it be kept or outlawed? **
 * Answer: Slavery should be outlawed in the United States. Today, slaves are counted as property. They don't mean anything to the population, but they should. All men were created equal and everyone has rights. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Question: Should slaves count in the population toward representation? Why or why not? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Answer:If slavery is kept in the United States, I think that enslaved men, women, and children, should not count as part of our population, as they are property, and do not have rights. Counting enslaved men, women, and children as part of the population, would be like counting a book into the population, or counting this chair i am currently sitting on. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">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: 14.6667px;">Answer: Yes, because the national government is the head of everything, so they should be able to make decisions regarding buying and selling. **

__Friends__

 * John Dickinson **
 * Hannah Gray **
 * George Washington **
 * George Clymer **
 * Ben Franklin **
 * William Blount **

__Groups__
**Pennsylvanians** **Northern states** **lawyers**

__Resources__

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