What Are James Madison's Three Branches Of Government

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James Madison was born on his family farm in Virginia his family was very wealthy. As a young child he was always gets sick because of his he had become very scrawny. He constantly with his health for Education. When he was a boy loved to read he soon read all the books in his dad's Library. Because of this his father sent him off to school he was sent to what we today call Princeton University. At the age of 25 he became a politician he was very well educated and had lots of new great ideas. Soon became friends with Tom and Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton The Man Lee Thomas Jefferson he was Secretary of State when Thomas Jefferson was President he proposed the Virginia Plan of three branches of government which we used to do when he was elected

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