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=Richard Henry Lee=
 * Political position**: Anti-Federalist


 * State: Virginia

Education**:Private school at Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.

Continental Congress,1774; First U.S. Virginia Senator 1789.
 * Work**: Justice of the Peace, 1757; Virginia House of Burgesess, 1757;


 * Costitutional Convention Attendence**: Was invited but refused to attend becuase he belived that the constitutional convention was suspicious. He felt this mainly because he thought that congress having an indepedent income would threaten the states liberties. he aslo feared a consolidated government of the combination of power between the senate and president, and because of these reasons he felt right to not atend.

Arguments: Richard Henry Lee feared that the Government was to consolidated and much to powerful. He thought that congress was given too much power, they could imediatly tax men without the intervention of sate legislature witch he thought was wrong because the states should have the only power to do that. He also believed the constitution should contain a bill of rights so the peoples basic rights were defined and so that the peoples power would be secured. He also believed that when the people adopt the constitution it will be there supreme act and they will have no more power after this happens. Lee thought that the representation of the people was not to its full extent and felt that if these things were not added to the constitution the United States would be corrupt.
 * Allies and foes:** Sam Adams,and Patrick Henry were both close allies of Richard Henry Lee they all thought the same way about the constitution being Anti- Federalist they feared a strong central government and wanted a bill of rights to be added to the constitution. Foes of Richard Henry Lee would include John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton for they wanted a stronger central government.
 * Bibliography**

Kindig, Thomas. "Richard Henry Lee." //Ushistory.org//. Independence Hall Assosiation, 4 July 1995. Web. 20 Sept.2009. [].>

"National Park Service - Signers of the Declaration (Richard Henry Lee)." //U.S. National Park Service - Experience Your America//. National Park Service, 4 July 2004. Web. 20 Sept. 2009. .

"Richard Henry Lee." //Answers.com//. 2009. Web. 20 Sept. 2009..

Richard Henry Lee " On the Rights that Must Be Preserved in the New Constitution," Annals of American History. <[]>