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    Roger Sherman was the only person to sign all four documents of the American Revolution. He was on the committee which drafted the Declaration of Independence. Favored Central government to check abuses at the state level.

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    Roger Sherman was the only person to sign all four documents of the American Revolution. He was on the committee which drafted the Declaration of Independence. Favored Central government to check abuses at the state level.

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    MadelynMacBrydeakaRogerSherman

    Mrs.Sparks
    10/2/14
    TheConstitutionalConvention

    BackgroundinfoonRoger
    Ageof66attimeofconvention
    Connecticut
    hehadnoformallegaleducation,buthewasadmittedtothebarin1754andhada
    distinguishedjudicial
    Shermanwasthe
    only
    persontosignallfourdocumentsoftheAmericanRevolution
    the
    ContinentalAssociationof1774,theDeclarationofIndependence,theArticlesof
    Confederation,andtheConstitution
    HewasonthecommitteewhichdraftedtheDeclarationofIndependenceandwhich
    draftedtheArticlesofConfederation
    ShermanwasalongtimeandinfluentialmemberoftheContinentalCongress(177481
    and178384)
    Attendedpracticallyeverysessionoftheconvention
    AttheConvention
    SatontheCommitteeonPostponedMatters
    HelpeddrafttheNewJerseyPlan
    AproposedandengineeredtheConnecticut,orGreat,Compromise
    Brokethedeadlockbetweenthelargeandsmallstatesoverrepresentation
    ThecompromiseprovidedforrepresentationintheHouseofRepresentatives
    accordingtopopulationandintheSenatebyequalnumbersforeachstate
    (favoredbythelargestateparty)AccordingtotheVirginiaPlan,each
    statewouldhaveadifferentnumberofrepresentativesbasedonthestate's
    population.

    (favoredbythesmallstateparty)ThesmallerstatesfavoredtheNew
    JerseyPlan.AccordingtotheNewJerseyPlan,thenumberof
    representativeswouldbethesameforeachstate.

    HisViewpoints
    InsistedonConstitutionalprotectionofstaterights
    Wantedthefederalgovernmenttocheckabusesatthestatelevel,buttheyequallywanted
    thestatestocheckrunawaynationalpower.
    Centralgovernmentshouldbelimitedtoaveryfewpurposesallothermatterscivil&
    criminalwouldbemuchbetterinthehandsoftheStates.
    1.Defenceagainstforeigndanger
    2.Defenceagainstinternaldisputes&aresorttoforce
    3.Treatieswithforeignnations
    4.Regulatingforeigncommerce,&drawingrevenuefromit
    RepresentationintheHouseofRepresentativesshouldbeaccordingtopopulationandin
    theSenatebyequalnumbersforeachstate.
    Stronglyopposedtoslavery

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