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Gun control, William Livingston would have wanted us to be able to bare arms.

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Yes, New Jersey liked the major compromises. The main idea of the Connecticut compromise is for every state to have equal representatives. The 3/5th compromise was made for the slave states due for their over population, only 3 out of 5 slaves would be included in their states population.

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Yes, New jersey was the third state to ratify for the constitution. New Jersey protested for other states ratify as well.

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William Livingston was a federalist because he agreed with the constitution.

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He agreed with the constitution, he signed  at 1787 Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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He married Susanna French they had 13 children.
His daughter married the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
He was raised by his Grandmother.

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William Livingston was born in Albany, New York in 1723. He lived with his grandma until he was 14. His family was big into fur trade, he was very wealthy and even had private tutors to educate him.

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William Livingston grew up in New York but when he got older he went to Yale for college and wanted to study law. He became a member of the Essex County, NJ and was a committee of correspondence. He represented New Jersey.

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Because William Livingston was for the constitution he influenced others to vote for the government to pass the constitution. He influenced the New Jersey military because he was the ranking officer, which means he helped get the constitution a good reputation. He liked the idea of being able to have a government and yet still be able to have freedom.

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In October 1775, Livingston was commissioned to become a brigadier general, the state’s ranking military officer, in the New Jersey Militia.

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William Livingston was the committee of slave trades. During the war he was the states ranking military officer for New Jersey.