Monday Slides Essential Question: Class Set! Agenda! Pick up the We’re Free-Let’s Grow! packet and label each state Essential Question: How did the Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance establish the procedures for western expansion?

What to do with the NW Territory? The Articles of Confederation did not give Congress the power to tax In order to raise money they looked to the sale of the public lands in the west States that claimed lands in the western territories ceded them to the government

Reading Analysis: 1. Land Ordinance of 1785 2. Northwest Ordinance

Land Ordinance of 1785 Provided an orderly procedure to sell lands north of Ohio River Divided territory into townships 6 miles x 6 miles square Opportunity to buy a lot of cheap land Some land was reserved for Revolutionary War veterans

Land sold for at least $1 per acre Land Ordinance of 1785 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 6 miles 6 miles Land sold for at least $1 per acre A A – Half-section = 320 acres B – Quarter-section = 160 acres C – Half-quarter section = 80 acres D – Quarter-quarter section = 40 acres C B D D

Northwest Ordinance (1787) Passed in 1787, it created a government for the Northwest Territory Land north of Ohio River & west of Pennsylvania to the Mississippi River Section 1 Northwest Territory was to be divided into at least 3 but no more than 5 states Section 2 3-step process to achieve statehood Could petition for statehood At first territory would be ruled by a governor, secretary and 3 judges appointed by Congress When adult male population reached 5,000 they elect territorial legislature and a territorial delegate to Congress When TOTAL population reached 60,000 they could apply for statehood Would come into Union with all rights & privileges of original 13 states Set a precedent that new states would have equal status to old states

Northwest Ordinance (1787) Section 3 Created a Bill of rights for settlers Slavery would not be allowed in the Northwest territory Insured that northern states would be free territory Protected freedom of religion Ensured trial by jury

Reading Analysis: Finish Assignment for HW Turn in any day this week

Tuesday Slides Class Set! Pick up a Northwest Ordinance cartoon and begin reading it Discuss yesterday’s essential question: How did the Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance establish the procedures for western expansion?

Review: #newnationproblems Why was a new constitution needed?

Tuesday’s EQ Why was the Constitutional Convention needed, and how did it address issues raised by the Articles of Confederation?

Constitutional Convention Video http://ed.ted.com/lessons/who-made-the-american-constitution-judy-walton

Constitutional Convention Discussion of Representation Met in Philadelphia (May 25, 1787) Agreed upon the following: Disagreed on: Where should the government’s power come from? From the states or the people? Unalienable Rights Just Powers Consent of the governed Government with 3 Branches

C.C. Background Assignment Use pg. 234-238 Re-write and answer the following questions on p. 57 of your notebook: According to Alexander Hamilton, what was the purpose of the Constiutional Convention? (p. 237) What were some of the issues the nation was facing at that time? (p. 234-236) When and where was the C.C.? (p. 237) Who was there and how did each person help the C.C.? (p. 237-238) What was the result of the C.C.? (p. 238)

Reminder: Finish Monday’s Assignment for HW Turn in any day this week

Wednesday Slides Tasks: Class Set! Comparing Plans of the Constitutional Convention Opinion: Which side are you on? Great Compromise

Essential Question Explain the differing viewpoints on the issues at the heart of the Constitutional Convention, such as representation.

Comparing the New Jersey and Virginia Plans WS

What do you notice about the average size of the states for each plan? Virginia Plan NJ Plan Maryland (5 delegates) Massachusetts (4 delegates) New York (3 delegates) North Carolina (5 delegates) Pennsylvania (8 delegates) Virginia (7 delegates) Connecticut (3 delegates) Delaware (5 delegates) Georgia (4 delegates) New Hampshire (2 delegates) New Jersey (5 delegates) South Carolina (4 delegates) What do you notice about the average size of the states for each plan?

Opinion: Which Side are you on?

Your Opinion (Which is Better?) New constitution or amend (change) the Articles of Confederation? Virginia (big state) or New Jersey? (small state) Representatives based on population or representatives equal? 2 houses of legislature or 1 house? President or group of executive branch?

Great Compromise: Notes on back of VA/NJ Plan WS

The Great Compromise Bicameral Legislative Branch Created by Roger Sherman of Connecticut Bicameral Legislative Branch House of Representatives Each state represented based on population (from the Virginia Plan) Senate equal representation from all states (2 Senators) (from NJ Plan)