Speed Dating

Chapter 2

William of Orange •Was given the crown by parliament due to the Glorious Revolution by signing the English Bill of Rights•1st time this has happened

Mary of Orange•Was given the crown by parliament due to the Glorious Revolution by signing the English Bill of Rights•1st time this has happened

George Mason•Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights•Which gave Freedom of Religion and the Press

King John •Forced to sign the Magna Carta•1st Monarch to have his power limited

Ben Franklin •Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention•One of the five to help write the Declaration of Independence

Sam Adams•Leader of the Son’s of Liberty•Not selected to attend the Constitutional Convention

King George III•King of England during the American Revolution•Refused to accept the Declaration of Rights or the Declaration of Independence

John Hancock•President of the 1st Continental Congress•Not selected to the Constitutional Convention

Roger Sherman •One of the five to help write the Declaration of Independence•Helped create the Great Compromise

Thomas Jefferson•One of the five to help write the Declaration of Independence•Wrote the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedoms

William Jackson •Secretary of the Constitutional Convention•Kept an journal

Edmund Randolph •Created the Virginia Plan•One of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention

William Paterson •Presented the Virginia Plan to the Constitutional Convention

John Locke

Thomas Hobbs

James Madison •Known as the “Father of the Constitution”•Wrote Most of the Bill of Rights

Lord Baltimore •King granted him the proprietor of Maryland

William PennKing gave him Pennsylvania and Delaware