Caleb+Strong-2

​Meghan Cadagan Caleb Strong Caleb Strong The Constitution of the United States is the document that sets up the laws of our national government. A group of men known as Framers got together and decided something needed to be done to stop the fighting. They wrote a document of laws that needed to be followed to make the country peacefull. It created the what is still the government of the United States.
 * Introduction:**

Backround Information:** Caleb Strong was born in 1745 on January 9th. He was raised in Northampton, Massachusetts. Caleb was a intelligent graduate of Harvard University. He graduated with the highest honors and was one of the first Senators in Massachusetts. Strong was a participant in writing the U.S. Constitution. Caleb Strong died on November 7,1819.
 * [[image:http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/WebQuests/WQ-ConstitutionalConvention/ConstituitonalConventionPtg.jpg width="315" height="185" caption="Constitutional Convention"]]

Caleb Strong was one of the many to study law. He was also one of a few who preferred more of a central government. He pointed out that House of Representatives should originate all money bills.He also was part of the drafting committee. During the actual signing of the constitution Caleb was ill so he was not able to sign it unfortunately.  DBQ:  ** HOW DID THE CONSTITUTION GUARD AGAINST TYRANNY? ** When tyranny was a threat to the U.S. did the constitution save the country? The people feared that tyranny was going to occur because their national government wasn’t strong. Fifty five delegates gathered in 1787 to form a new type of government to prevent this. Tyranny is the unrestrained exercise of power. The constitution guarded against tyranny in several ways whichwere federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances and big states vs. small states. The first guard against tyranny was federalism. Federalism is the idea in which the power is shared between national government and state government. Federalism helped split the powers between the two governments equally. Madison’s statement (Document A) supported this answer. Federalism protects against tyranny because it splits the powers equally. The second guard against tyranny was separation of powers. The powers were separated into three branches. James Madison decided that the branches would each have a job (Document B). The three branches were the judicial, executive, and legislative. The judicial branch’s job is to interpret laws according to the constitution. The executive branch’s job is to enforce the laws, and the legislative branch makes the laws. This made the government work together much better. There for the separation of powers were really needed for tyranny not to occur. Separation of powers protects against tyranny because it splits the power up evenly. The third guard against tyranny was checks and balances. Checks and balances were the balance of the powers and each power checking on each other. The branches have certain powers that over rule each other (Document C). For example the executive branch nominates judges for the judicial branch. Checks and balances really kept the branches going and obeying which prevented tyranny. The Fourth guard against tyranny was big states vs. small states. Larger populated states were given representatives based on population. But senates consisted of two in each state. With more then one person in charge it balanced power in the states too. The sizes of states definitely helped prevent tyranny because more than one person was in charge. The constitution guarded against tyranny in several ways. They were federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, and big states vs. small states. It is important to know about how the constitution guarded tyranny today because it shows how much the different ways gave us more protection and help us today with different government powers and issues. Attendance Record: Absent ||
 * Role at Constitutional Convention:**
 * || Present || Absent || Do not know || Probably Present || Probably
 * Act 1 || 5 || 2 || 0 || 15 || 0 ||
 * Act 2 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 17 || 0 ||
 * Act 3 || 8 || 5 || 0 || 8 || 2 ||
 * Act 4 || 0 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||
 * Total || 26 || 21 || 0 || 40 || 2 ||
 * % || 29% || 24% || 0% || 45% || .02% ||

By reading this Attendance Record you can easily tell that Caleb was mainly there for most days of the Constitutional Convention. With one exception of him leaving in the 3rd Act and not coming back for the 4th. But he still did have mostly perfect attendance on the days he was in town.

Work Cited: "The Constitution for Kids (Kindergarten - 3rd Grade) - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net." //Index Page - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.usconstitution.net/constkidsK

--, Joseph J. Ellis. "Biography of Caleb Strong." //Laughter and Lawter Genealogy Research Center//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.laughtergenealogy.com