Teacher Resource 3: Clue Sheet
Reproduce the chart below in word and complete it. Then separate the clues and randomly group them into
sets of nine. Distribute one set to each group.
Clue:
This delegate took notes at the
Philadelphia Convention.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He refused to sign the Constitution.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
This delegate was the head of the
Virginia delegation to the convention.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He practiced in law in Williamsburg.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
2
Clue:
He studied medicine in Scotland.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
This Framer emancipated his slaves in
his will.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was responsible for the Judiciary Act
of 1789.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was the chairman of the Committee
on Style.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He served on the committees that draft
both the Declaration of Independence
and the Article of Confederation.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
3
Clue:
He studied law in Philadelphia.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was a roommate of James Madison
at the College of New Jersey.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He served as the first postmaster general
of Wilmington.
Name:
state
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He voted against independence and did
sign the Declaration of Independence.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He voted against the independence, but
signed the Declaration of
Independence.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
4
Clue:
He was born in Connecticut.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
During the Revolution he served as a
lieutenant colonel in the dragoons.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
Served as one of the original trustees of
the University of Georgia at Athens.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
His notes at the convention described the
personalities of others.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He studied in Flanders, Belgium.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
5
Clue:
He died three years after the convention.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was opposed to increasing the power
of the federal government.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was called away from the convention
due to family illness.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
This Framer studied law under Thomas
Jefferson.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue
After Shays’ Rebellion, he spoke out
against giving the common people too
much power.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
6
Clue:
He became an apprentice to a merchant
at the age of fifteen.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was born in the territory that became
Maine.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
In his early twenties he contracted
smallpox, which damaged his eyesight.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He came late to the convention and
served on Committee of Postponed
Matters.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
His wealth came from investing in trade.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
7
Clue:
He was arrested by the British for
treason, rescued by a group of patriots.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He went to convention because his
father and an associate decided not to
go.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He is not to be confused with the
gentlemen from Georgia who also did
not sign the Constitution.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He served as a missionary among the
Mohawk Indians as a teen.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was born in Ireland and came to the
colonies at the age of two.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
8
Clue:
During the Revolution he served as
secretary and aide to General
Washington.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He believed that the Articles of
Confederation should simply have been
amended.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He served eight years as chief justice of
the New York Supreme Court.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
In 1790, he moved, settling in what is
now Tennessee, and was one of its first
U.S. senators.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was born in North Carolina, but
raised in Ireland and Scotland.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
9
Clue:
He was educated to be a minister, but
studied medicine in Europe.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was one of the founders of the
University of North Carolina.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was tried and acquitted of the charge
of cowardice after the Battle of
Germantown.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
His Poor Richard’s Almanac was read
nationwide.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was expelled from the Quaker church
for his military service.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
10
Clue:
He served as superintendent of finance
under the Articles of Confederation..
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He lived in Philadelphia, where he was a
prominent businessman.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
This delegate was born in Connecticut,
the son of a British colonial official.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
After the Revolutionary war, he
defended loyalists and their
sympathizers.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
Early in life, he lost a leg in a carriage
accident.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
11
Clue:
He studied law in London, then
practiced law and built a fortune.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He served in the military during the
Revolution and was held as a prisoner
for two years.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He was an older cousin to delegate with
almost the same name.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
Two Additional Clues:
Clue:
He served in the British Army until
1771, when he resigned after marrying
a colonial girl.
Name:
State:
Age/Year of Birth:
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