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Jonathan Bayard SmithAnti-federalistPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA- Has many varieties of land from mountains such as the Appalachians to the rivers like the Susquehanna. Scattered all through out this land are lush forests and vegetation. There is plenty of great land in the southeast area for farmers such as Jonathan Smith to work for a living. Farming is the backbone to Pennsylvania's economy providing many items such as corn, wheat, oats, mushrooms, poultry, potatoes, fruit and cattle which provides dairy products. Iron smelting and coal mining is also a big part of the economy. As far as the people in 17th century Pennsylvania goes, the population is more than 400,000. 6,500 of these people are free African Americans. Most of the population is a mixture of Germans, Swedes, Dutch and English heritage.

Jonathan Smith is an American farmer/ merchant from Philadelphia PA who serves as a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress as a liberal Whig. His whole life he has been a man of simple work, not rich, nor poor. He is defending the Articles of Confederation and is working hard to make them work out. Smith is one of the first people from Philadelphia to push for independence from Britain.

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION- Jonathan Smith was a Pennsylvania delegate fighting to keep the Articles of Confederation to work. He felt that the Constitution left the wealthy, well-educated men to run the country. As a man of average wealth, he felt that the rich men do not understand the true concepts of running a country. Instead of splitting people up by social status, he wanted people to be considered a whole.

Jonathan Smith was a signatory of the Articles of Confederation but was not at the Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention. This is because he did not support the idea of the wealthy to run the country. He felt that the Articles of Confederation were all that were needed so thus, he did not go.

Benjamin Rush was a fellow colleague of Jonathan Smith.

Jonathan Smith is not a big fan of wealthy men who think that they are better than others.

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Vinci, John. "Biography of Jonathan Bayard Smith | Colonial Hall." //Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers//. 2003. Web. 18 Sept. 2011. <http://colonialhall.com/smithjb/smithjb.php

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