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Daniel Carroll (July 22, 1730July 5, 1796) was a politician and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a prominent member of one of the United States' great colonial Catholic families, whose members included his younger brother, Archbishop John Carroll, (1735–1815), the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States (1790), (as Archbishop of Baltimore) and founder of Georgetown University; and their cousin Charles Carroll of Carrollton, (1737–1832), who signed the Declaration of Independence. Daniel Carroll was one of five men to sign both the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union" (1778) and the United States Constitution (1787). Carroll was a planter. He supported the cause of American independence, risking his social and economic position for the Patriot cause. As a friend and ally of George Washington he worked for a strong central government and fought in the Constitutional Convention for a government directly responsible to the people of the country.〔 ==Early life and career== Carroll was born in Upper Marlboro, county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland on July 22, 1730 to a wealthy family.〔Geiger, Mary Virginia. ''Daniel Carroll, A Framer of the Constitution'', Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 1943〕 He spent his early years at his family's home, a large estate of thousands of acres which his mother, Eleanor Darnall Carroll, had inherited. Several of those acres are now associated with the house museum known as Darnall's Chance, listed on the National Register of Historic Places). Carroll was sent abroad for his education. Between 1742 and 1748 he studied under the Society of Jesus, ("Jesuits") at the College of St. Omer (along with his brother Bishop Carroll) in French Flanders, established for the education of English Catholics after the Protestant Reformation, instituted there by King Henry VIII. Then, after a tour of Europe, he sailed home and soon married Eleanor Carroll, apparently a first cousin of another cousin, Charles Carroll of Carrollton.〔("Delegates to the Constitutional Convention" United States National Archives and Records Administration )〕 Carroll gradually joined the Patriot cause. A planter, slaveholder, and large landholder, he was concerned that the Revolution might fail economically and bring about not only his family's financial ruin, but mob rule.〔 At the time, colonial laws excluded Roman Catholics from holding public office. Once these laws were nullified by the Maryland Constitution of 1776, Carroll was elected to the Maryland State Senate of the General Assembly of Maryland (1777–1781). At the end of his term, Carroll was elected to the Confederation Congress (1781–1784), towards the end of the American Revolution. In 1781, he signed the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union", which Maryland finally agreed to sign after holding up the process for several years until the larger states with western land claims beyond the Appalachian Mountains extending to the Mississippi River, ceded their claims to the new central government in Congress. His involvement in the Revolution, like that of other Patriots in his extended family, was inspired by the family's motto: "Strong in Faith and War".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel Carroll」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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