Andrew's+Delegate+Project

=**__James Wilson__**= toc

__Profile Questions__

 * Question: How about a brief biography? What is your background? **
 * Answer: I, James Wilson was born in 1741or 1742 at Carskerdo, Scotland. I also emigrated to the 13 original colonies and arrived during the Stamp Act in 1765. For my education, I went t the universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, Edinburgh. I then accepted to become a Latin tutor at the Collage of Philadelphia. **


 * Question: Which should be stronger, the state government or the national government? Why? **
 * Answer: Personally, I think the national government would be stronger because it would be popularly elected by my fellow delegates. Also, it would be easier than asking each state every time. **


 * Question: How should we determine the representation of the states in Congress? By population, money, equality...? **
 * Answer: Because I am from Pennsylvania, which is big, I think that we should determine the representation of the states by population. Big states usually determine by population. **


 * Question: Who should vote for the members of the legislature, and why? **
 * Answer: I say that the white males with land. Also they should be able to read and write. **


 * Question: Should we have one or more than one chief executive? Why? **
 * Answer: Their should be only one Chief Executive. My other opinion is that if we had more than one, their could be a lot of chaos, trouble, or they couldn't get along. **


 * Question; What kind of powers should the Chief Executive or Executives have? **
 * Answer: Powers that have economic values to help unite the colonies for it to become stronger. He should also have control of the government and and not have them pay very high taxes like the British. **


 * Question: Who should elect the chief executive(s)? **
 * Answer: Both people with or without land can elect the chief executive. Also, we should elect the best person to be president. **


 * Question: What should be done about slavery in the United States? Should it be kept or outlawed? **
 * Answer: Slavery should be outlawed because it's not fair for blacks to be slaves. It's really sad to see them get judged by the color of their skin. In fact, I strongly oppose to slavery. **


 * <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: Yes, ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">they should but they only count as 3/5 of a person. It's better if they count as a part of **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">someone instead of no one. **
 * <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, the national government should be able to regulate the commerce of the United States. My reason for saying yes is that it wouldn't be fair to the other people. Also, this way we would konw what coming in and out of our developing nation. **

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=__Friends__= George Washington Benjamin Franklin Thomas Miffin Robert Morris George Clymer Thomas Fitzsimons Jared Ingersoll Gouverneur Morris

__Groups__
Anti-slavery Federalist

__Resources__
Mr. Schild's website Answers.com Wikipedia.com