1. Freedom of Speech By: Morgan Pippin Lauren Cachat Taylor Donie Paloma Tostado Caroline Auffenberg Maria Ruggirello

3. The Drafter of the First Amendment

4. Childhood James Madison was born on March 16 th, 1751 and was raised in Orange County, Virginia. He was the eldest of twelve siblings and one of the seven that survived infancy. He grew up on his father’s very successful tobacco plantation with his family. Pictured Above: A tobacco plantation of the early 1700’s.

5.  James Madison was an epileptic, and had occasional seizures as a child.  Although he lacked in physical strength, he compensated for it with his incredible intelligence.  During his teens and early twenties he also suffered from a voice impairment, which prevented him from public speaking until age 30.  Later in his life he also had chronic arthritis.

6. There was no school near James Madison’s home of Montpelier, therefore his grandmother taught him to read and write. At eleven years old James father felt it was time for him to go to a real school, and sent him to Innes plantation for better education.

7. Madison continued to go to school for five years until he graduated and returned home at age 16. He then went on to attend the college of New Jersey, as his father wished. The college of New Jersey is now present day Princeton. However because of his epilepsy he was forced to return home and rest for awhile. He did go on to graduate college and eventually studied law.

8.  James Madison was the Co-author of the federalist papers  He was Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state  He graduated college in 1774  Madison served as a delegate to the Virginia Convention  He served as a Member of the Council of the State of Virginia  He was the youngest member of the Continental Congress

9. Freedom of Speech The first amendment protects many forms of expression, however it does not protect disloyalty, or fraud.

11.  December 1965  Protesting the Vietnam war  Des Moines, Iowa

12.  1984  Burning of the American flag to protest  Dallas, Texas

13.  August 1998  Ku Klux Klan rally  Carroll County, Virginia