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=__George Washington__= toc

__Profile Questions__

 * Question: How about a brief biography? What is your background? **
 * Answer: ** I have been told that I am the most respected man in the young nation, due to my leadership of the Continental Army during the revolution against the crown. I grew up in Virginia and served as a surveyor before going off to war in the conflict with the French and Indians. I was nominated to lead the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress, and we suffered some early defeats and great challenges in the war for independence. After our victory at Yorktown and eventual independence, I resigned my position as general. I was very content to retire to Mount Vernon and live my life as a gentleman farmer, but the events of Shays' Rebellion (and my feeling of civic virtue) convinced me that I must attend this convention. As the presiding officer of the convention, I will be distinctly neutral in all debates ... and I will run the show with a firm hand. I will only speak twice during the convention.


 * Question: Which should be stronger, the state government or the national government? Why? **
 * Answer: ** As the presiding officer of the convention, I must be neutral in my words and actions. Therefore, I will not let my personal opinions be known. I also do not plan to speak much, so there will be no quotes in my section. My fellow delegates should make sure they have at least two quotes in their profiles.


 * Question: How should we determine the representation of the states in Congress? By population, money, equality...? **
 * Answer: ** As the presiding officer of the convention, I must be neutral in my words and actions. Therefore, I will not let my personal opinions be known.


 * Question: Who should vote for the members of the legislature, and why? **
 * Answer: ** As the presiding officer of the convention, I must be neutral in my words and actions. Therefore, I will not let my personal opinions be known.


 * Question: Should we have one or more than one chief executive? Why? **
 * Answer: ** As the presiding officer of the convention, I must be neutral in my words and actions. Therefore, I will not let my personal opinions be known.


 * Question; What kind of powers should the Chief Executive or Executives have? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Answer: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> As the presiding officer of the convention, I must be neutral in my words and actions. Therefore, I will not let my personal opinions be known.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Question: Who should elect the chief executive(s)? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Answer: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> As the presiding officer of the convention, I must be neutral in my words and actions. Therefore, I will not let my personal opinions be known.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Question: What should be done about slavery in the United States? Should it be kept or outlawed? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Answer: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> As the presiding officer of the convention, I must be neutral in my words and actions. Therefore, I will not let my personal opinions be known.


 * <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: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> As the presiding officer of the convention, I must be neutral in my words and actions. Therefore, I will not let my personal opinions be known.


 * <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: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> As the presiding officer of the convention, I must be neutral in my words and actions. Therefore, I will not let my personal opinions be known.

__Friends__

 * John Adams
 * Alexander Hamilton
 * George Mason
 * Friedrich von Steuben
 * Nathanael Greene
 * John Jay
 * Thomas Jefferson

__Groups__

 * Big States
 * Virginians
 * Did Not Attend College

__Work Cited__
"America's Founding Fathers - Delegates to the Constitutional Convention." //National Archives and Records Administration//. United States Archives. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. <http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers_virginia.html>.

"Meet George Washington | George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens." //George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, Museum & Gardens//. Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. <http://www.mountvernon.org/meet-george-washington>.

"Delegates to the Constitutional Convention:George Washington." //TeachingAmericanHistory.org -- Free Seminars and Summer Institutes for Social Studies Teachers//. TeachingAmericanHistory.org Is a Project of the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. <http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/washington.html>.

//The American Journey.// New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print.