James Madison's Accomplishments

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The fourth president of the United States was born in Port conway, Virginia, in 1751, the oldest of twelve children. James Madison was raised on a plantation in Orange County; at eighteen, he left to attend the College of New Jersey, which is now known as Princeton University. After graduating, Madison realized how interested he was in the relationship between the American Colonies and Britain. When Virginia began preparing for the American Revolutionary War in 1775, he was appointed colonel in the Orange County militia. Realizing that he was physically unfit for fighting, Madison left the militia the next year and instead represented Orange County at the Virginia Constitution Convention to organize a new state government that was not under