Nicholas+Gilman



Ryan Thomson Block B

__ Introduction: __ The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia in 1787. There were delegates from many of the States. Together, they put together a document that would protect our country from tyranny. There are 3 main branches of the Government, which helped guard against tyranny. There are also different amounts of state reps based on there population. Because of this, each state gets 2 state senators, which is what Nicholas Gilman did in the government.

__ Background: __ Nicholas Gilman, a senator from New Hampshire, was born in Exeter, New Hampshire on August 3rd, 1775. As a child, he had methodical habits, and a scholar's taste, which he acquired from his father. When Gilman reached the age of 21, he joined the army, where he would later became a member of Washington's military. He stayed in the war until the end, when he later became a New Hampshire senator.

__Role:__ As one of the two delegates that attended the Constitutional Convention from New Hampshire, Nicholas Gilman arrived late on June 21st. By that time, much of the main business was accomplished, but he helped procure New Hampshire's decision to join the constitutions ways. He also helped on the committee on postponed matters. __ Federalism: __ As one of the main guards against tyranny, Federalism was both like and disliked. Federalism is when the government is divided into both Federal and State governments. Both sides each have their own powers, as well as combined powers. Nicholas Gilman was a believer in Federalism, and later went on to become a Federalist politician. As we all know, Federalism is now one of the United State’s four main guards against tyranny.

__ Separation Of Powers: __ A second way that the Constitution guarded against tyranny is through Separation of Powers. Separation of powers is the separation of the Federal Government into 3 separate branches. The three branches are the Executive branch, Judicial branch and the Legislative branch. They together work together to prevent tyranny. Nicholas Gilman's views on separation of powers was that he most likley agreed with the idea.

__Checks and Balances__: A third main way that the Constitution guarded againast tyranny is through checks and balances. Checks and balances is when each of the three main branches checks apon each other to prevent one branch from getting more powerful than the others. Another thing that checks and balances includes is that if one branch doesnt agree with a decision of one of the others, it can go around and try to undo or prevent the decision from happening. It is believed that Nicholas Gilman was for checks and balances, becuase he signed the Constitution, which ment that he most likley agreed with all that it said.

__Large and Small states having equal rights:__ The last main way that the Constitution guarded against tyranny is that it allowed large and small states to have equal powers. This guarded against tyranny because it prevented the larger states friom getting more say than the smaller states. This allowes all states to have equal say in govornment. It is also believed that Nicholas Gilman was for this becuasae he signed the Constitution, which again ment that he agreed with all the ideas that it included.

__Attendance Record:__


 * Present || Absent || Probably Pesent || Probably Absent || Do Not Know ||
 * 38 Days || 47 Days || 1 Day || 0 Days || 0 Days ||

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