Constitutional+Convention+Debate

For this debate, you will each be assigned the role of one individual who attended the US Constitutional Convention. (Sorry, I will be playing the role of George Washington and, no, I will not be wearing a wig.) Your job is to represent the viewpoints of your character as they pertain to the specific issues that we will be discussing in this debate. I will provide you with a link (found here: America's Founding Fathers) which gives you a brief overview of your character. You will then need to conduct your own research to figure out how your character would respond to each of these issues.

During the actual debate, you will be assessed on both the frequency and quality of your participation in the debates, a brief written statement (about a paragraph, uploaded to your Google Folder) about your stance on each of the issues (what your stance is and why), and how well your represent your character's stance.

The issues that we will be debating are:
 * Representation in the new government
 * Slavery in the new nation (Should it be allowed? Are they citizens? Should they be counted as part of the population when determining representation?)
 * The executive branch of the new government (How should he be elected/appointed? How much power should he have? Should it be a council or just one person?)

The following characters may be represented at our debate: (Bear in mind that I am requiring that each state, except for Rhode Island, be represented in our debate.)

Samuel Johnson William - Andrew (D), Shelly (F) John Dickenson - Jack (D), William (F) Jacob Broom - Yaerin (D) Abraham Baldwin - Christina (D), Erin (F) William Few - Daniella (D) James McHenry - John (D), Chris (F) Daniel Carroll Rufus King - Terry (D) Nathaniel Gorham - Elliot (D), Jimmy (F) John Langdon - Hyundo (D), Austin (F) Nicholas Gilman - Christine (D) William Livingston - Jacob (D) William Patterson (or Paterson) - Jenny (D), Joseph (F) Alexander Hamilton - Chanel (D), Kelly (F) William Blount - Rachelle (D), Michelle (F) Richard Dobbs Spaight - Diana (D), Philip (F) Benjamin Franklin - Sung-Woo (D), Dean (F) Robert Morris - Scott (F) Thomas Fitzsimmons (there are some alternate spellings of his surname) - Suzy (D), Colin (F) Charles Pinckney - Eunice (D), Peter (F) John Rutledge - Soyoon (D), Sarah (F) George Washington (that's me :) James Madison - Jackie (D), Habin (F) George Mason - Alex (F)
 * __Connecticut__**
 * __Delaware__**
 * __Georgia__**
 * __Maryland__**
 * __Massachusetts__**
 * __New Hampshire__**
 * __New Jersey__**
 * __New York__**
 * __North Carolina__**
 * __Pennsylvania__**
 * __South Carolina__**
 * __Virginia__**

Note: Rhode Island did not send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention.