Biography on James Madison

James Madison was called the great little Madison by his friends.Perhaps it was because he weighed less than one hundred pounds and was very short.But it was probably because this man did more to create the constitution than any other American.Madison came from Virginia and had written a constitution for the state.When Madison saw the problems that the United States had under the Articles of Confederation,he began to study other types of governments.He believed a strong central government was needed to prevent like Sh...