John+Jay


 * Who was John Jay?**

John Jay was considered one of the founding fathers of America. From New York, Jay tried to keep peace between the colonists and Britain. Later on, he became a major patriot.

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 * What did he do?**

During the Revolutionary war, John Jay was an ambassador to Spain and France. He was their to make peace with both countries. John Jay was also against slavery. About 1 century before Abraham Lincoln, he tried to get rid of slavery. His first attempt was in 1777 but it didn't succeed. Two more attempts followed, one of them succeding.

John Jay was also a New York state Supreme Court Justisce. He worked to get New York to fight for independence as well. For some time, he was a member of the Continental Congress. When the time of the writing of the Declaration of Independence came, Jay left to go back to New York for he had business to take care of.

John Jay also did a lot more. As said before, John Jay was on the Continental Congress. But what's not mentioned is that John Jay was the second youngest member. He was only 28 years old! John Jay also served on the New York Committee for Correspondence in 1774 as well. As you might have guessed, John Jay was from New York and did a lot of things involving the state.

Another thing John Jay did was serve as a member of the New York Constitutional Convention. He helped to write that particular constituition. John Jay was also a chief justisce of the New York Supreme Court. Jay was the first chief justisce of the Supreme Court of the U.S. This happened in 1789.


 * His Life at Home**

In the year of 1774, John Jay married a woman named Sarah Livingston. She was the daughter of William Livingston who was the governor of New York. There he became involved deeply in New York's government as said before.


 * Pictures

This picture from [|www.alicante-spain.com] shows a picture of Spain, one of the countries Jay served as an ambassador to.

This picture from [|www.tourism.fr] shows a picture of France, another country that Jay served as an ambassador to.**