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John Jay
Federalist New York

__**New York**__
====He is from New York. New York has very little land for farming and agriculture. It is surrounded by water from the Atlantic ocean and the Hudson River and many other river valleys as well. With the geography of NY, the biggest occupation is fishing. Many vessels are needed and used for shipping cargo and fishing. The population is well above 200,000 people, which is compacted into the land of the territory. The population consists of a fairly divers society, with French protestents, Irish, Scotts, and Scott-Irish.====

__**Occupation and Background**__
====John Jay attended Kings College which later became Columbia University. There he studied and practiced law. He married into power, the Livingston Family, his wife Sarah Livingston. Her father, William Livingston, was the governor of New Jersey, so he gained much help from his marriage. Jay was one of the Nation’s “Founding Fathers” and Secretary for Foreign Affairs. He was the First Chief of Justice for US and served two terms as Governor for New York. He was elected president of Congress in 1778. One of three Americans who negotiated the Paris Peace Treaty, and an author of The Federalist and the first chief justice of the Supreme Court. His most importanct action was “JAY’s Treaty”: Nov. 19, 1794. It turned away from threats of the war towards America. it abandoned British control in the western parts of America, and limited rights to trade with west indies. He served on committee of correspondence in attempting to control rebellions of the colonies about fighting in massachusetts. John set up financial and legal organizations to counter the british. Against complete independence from british, and was a member of the Church of England. ==== ====To build and develop America, Jay wanted to create a strong and durable foreign policy, seek respect as a young powerful independent nation and established foreign european powers, establish a stable currency and credit supported by euro banks (just in beginning), pay back creditors and pay off war debt, secure off territories and boundaries from indians, spanish, french, & british ,solve regional difficulties among colonies, secure newfoundland's rights, and establish good trade with new trade partners. ====

__**Continental Convention and Ratification **__
==== Jay did not start out as an attendent in the continental convention because he was too busy in NY and felt he was more needed there; for he was a new york legislature. On Dec 10th, 1778, was elected president of the convention. He was one of the most important diplomats of the revolutionary/independence act for the colonies, as Minister plenipotentiary of spain, and peace commissioner (negotiated treaties with france and spain). Jay was the most dedicated and educated founding father. John Jay, James madison and Alexander hamilton, together, attacked the articles of confederation, because it caused an unworkable government. They argued that the articles of confederation were too weak and not effective enough for the government. Jay, Madison, and Hamilton fought for a new, more powerful, centralized, and balanced governmental system. The men wrote a series of 85 articles supporting this new government that they wanted and to ratify the Constitution. ==== Hamilton wrote - 52 Essays Madison wrote - 28 Essays Jay wrote - 5 Essays

Hokamp, Hank. "General History/John Jay/ Constitutional Convention." //All Experts//. N.p., 2012. Web. 13 Sept. 2012. [].
 * Bibliography**

"Jay's Treaty." //Archiving Early America//. Neale and Kammerer, 1995-2012. Web. 13 Sept. 2012. .

Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas Andrew Bailey. //The American Pageant: A History of the American People//. Twelfth ed. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010. Print.

"The Papers of John Jay." //Columbia University Libraries//. N.p., 2002. Web. 13 Sept. 2012. .