NHD Annotation #2

Impact and Legacy

MLA style: editor: J.C.A. Stagg
Gerald L.Baliles. "Impact and Legacy." Miller Center of Public Affairs. Charlottesville, VA: Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, 2008.

Web site: http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/madison/essays/biography/9

- On this site, just enough of information was given about James Madison. James Madison was described as a puzzle: "the Father of the Constitution". Even though Madison was the co-founder of the Democratic-Republican Party, he yet is not rated as one of the most greatest president. This was said to be because of James Madison personal strengths.
- James Madison has said to have been a master of the small arena. Studious, keenly political, and a perceptive judge of men and issues. Madison could shape constitutions and influence legislation with few people in present.
- Madison's shorter-than-average body seldom dominated the scene, unlike the tall Washington and Jefferson present when seen together at once. Madison had trouble outshining anyone Else in the room, even with his exuded authority. Behind the scenes, in small intimate groups, few men, however, could resist his sharp mind or his persuasive reasoning.
- Madison might have lost more than his high place in history, as Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans and England's preoccupation with Napoleon.
- Historians have begun to pay more attention to James Madison. They have seem to related the way Madison handled the was to Lincoln's wartime management. Madison's government marshaled resources, faced down secessionist threats from New England, and proved to the British the folly of fighting wars with the Americans. He established, once and for all, respect for American rights on the high seas and emerged from the war with more support than he had when he was first inaugurated in 1808.
- If a kill was made after the Battle in New Orleans on James Madison, he would have been a national hero.
- In many ways, James Madison was on the winning side of every important issue facing the young nation from 1776 to 1816. Madison was the most successful and possibly the most influential of all the Founding Fathers.


web site: http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/bill_of_rights/index.htm
*Extra* James Madison believed that citizens needed to be protected from the state governments and the national government. He gathered ideas from friends and documents and came up with 42 rights that needed to be protected for individuals. Madison's 42 rights were cut to 27 by the House of Representatives. Then they were cut to only 12 by the time the Senate approved them, and finally only 10 were approved by the states. These 10 rights became the first 10 amendments to the Constitution on December 15, 1791 and became known as The Bill of Rights.


a. This article was more then enough infromation. It really told a lot.
b. This article was secordary because it was not the actual exact info.
c. The intended audience was people taht wnted to ne informed about James Madison.
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