Madison’s Gift Chapter 1
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What state did James Madison represent in the Colonial Congress?
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Virginia
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What college did James Madison graduate from?
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College of New Jersey
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What name does the College of New Jersey go by today?
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Princeton
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James Madison fell in love with a delegates daughter from New York, who was she?
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Kitty Floyd
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What medical issues did James Madison suffer from?
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Intestinal woes and epilepsy
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When did news of the Treaty of Paris reach Philadelphia?
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November 1783
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Who did the United States have debt to after the American Revolution?
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France and citizens
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What constitution was the U.S. Government under with its independence?
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Articles of Confederation
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How could the U.S. tax citizens under the Articles of Confederation?
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All 13 colonies
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What crisis faced the army in the Winter of 1783?
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Mutiny
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Where was Congress meeting in 1783?
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Philadelphia
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What date did General Washington meet with disgruntled army officers?
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Ides of March
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Who said "open the floodgates of civil discord and deluge our rising empire in blood" during the officer threatened mutiny?
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Washington
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What did James Madison suggest to pay off the national debt?
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25 year import tax
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What did General Washington's echo of support of taxation to pay the national debt come in?
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Circular Letter of Farewell to the Army
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Where did the Congress flee to when confronted by Pennsylvania soldiers demanding back pay?
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Princeton, NJ
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Who advised President Washington when he first became president?
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Madison
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Who did James Madison side with to start the first political party?
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Jefferson
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What war occurred during James Madison's presidency to make him America's first war president?
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War of 1812
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What was the estate of James Madison's family called?
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Montpelier
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What acknowledgment did James Madison not care for?
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Father of the Constitution
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What did Madison's quote "like the fabled Goddess of Wisdom, the offspring of a single brain. It ought to be regarded as the work of many hands and many heads," refer?
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Constitution
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How many towns and counties are named after James Madison across the United States?
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59
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What city is Madison Avenue in, the only president to have a major avenue named for them there?
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Manhattan
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Where did Jefferson say the following quote of Madison "But, ah! He could never stand up against strenuous opposition."
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Deathbed
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What 3 defining partnerships of James Madison involved Revolution leaders?
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Hamilton, Washington, Jefferson
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What rival and fellow Virginian made up a defining partnership for James Madison?
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James Monroe
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At what age did James Madison die?
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85
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Who did James Madison marry?
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Dolley Payne Todd
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How many siblings did James Madison have?
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10
