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This 6 page paper discusses the career and impact of John Jay, one of our lesser known "Founding Fathers." Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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praised for his military abilities like Washington; or been considered a figure of charm and wit like Franklin. But John Jays influence, particularly on the court system, helped shape the
nation. Discussion Perhaps the best way to consider John Jays career and influence is to look at his accomplishments in chronological order. John Jay was born in New York City
in 1745 and educated at what was then called Kings College, and is now Columbia University (John Jay, 2007). He studied law, and was admitted to the State Bar of
New York in 1768 (John Jay, 2007). He was a member of the First Continental Congress (its youngest), but was a strong opponent of revolution and retired from the Continental
Congress in 1776 "rather than sign the Declaration of Independence" (John Jay, 2007). He went back to New York and attended the state constitutional convention, "and was selected to
draft that constitution"; he served as "the first Chief Justice of the state" (John Jay, 2007). In 1778 he was once again elected to the Continental Congress, and was votes
its president upon his return to that assembly (John Jay, 2007). In 1782, Jay, Franklin, Adams and Laurens "signed the treaty of peace with Great Britain" and when he returned
to Congress, he found that he had "already been appointed Secretary of Foreign Affairs" (John Jay, 2007). All this is fine, but Jays real contributions come in regard to the
U.S. Constitution and the Supreme Court. Jay, along with James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, wrote what are now known as the Federalist Papers, a series of articles in which they
argued for the ratification of the new Constitution (John Jay, 2007). Jay wrote five of these under the pseudonym "Publius"-numbers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 64; the first four are
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