Creating the Constitution The States sent delegates to a convention to solve the problems of the Articles of Confederation

Key Vocabulary and Key People Key Vocabulary Constitutional Convention Virginia Plan New Jersey Plan Great Compromise Three-Fifths Compromise Key People James Madison

Philadelphia Free-trade  States met in Annapolis Maryland to discuss how to promote trade among the states at a national level  Alexander Hamilton called for states to send representatives to Annapolis to amend the Articles of Confederation  As news of Shays’s Rebellion spread 12 states sent delegates to Philadelphia to discuss changes to the national government

V-I-P Convention  The 55 delegates of the Constitutional convention were made of Lawyers, Doctors, planters, and former members of the continental congress  The Founding Fathers also included George Washington, Ben Franklin, and James Madison  Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were in France and Not at the Meeting. Patrick Henry refused to attend  Native Americans, African Americans, and Women were not at the meeting which would establish rights for all Americans

Conventional Wisdom  Some people wanted to amend the Articles of Confederation, while others wanted a completely new government  People began to realize a strong government was needed to truly protect all people’s rights but not strong enough to fully control the people  The mission of the Convention was to create a strong, but limited, federal government

The Password is…  Washington was voted the Unanimous leader of the Constitutional Convention  Ideas at the convention were able to be debated and changed  Meetings would be held in private to prevent outside opinions from being persuasive  Guards were posted at the doors to protect the secrecy of the meeting as it got down to business

Meet Virginia  The Virginia Plan is proposed by James Madison and Edmund Randolph and supports a 3 branch government  The three branches would be the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches to run government

Yes, Virginia, there is a Legislature  The Virginia Plan wanted a two house legislature based on population which could levy taxes, regulate commerce, and make laws  Larger States Had More power, which led smaller states to oppose the plan  A compromise would be needed to create the new government

The Jersey Shore…Compromise  The New Jersey Plan called for a one house legislature with one vote and less powers  While the Virginia Plan was adopted the Great Compromise formed the Legislature  The Legislature would have TWO houses a senate with one vote per state and the House of representatives based on population

Slave the day  The South wanted slaves to count towards the population to gain votes in the house  Slaves would be counted as 3/5ths a person to determine tax money and representation  The North Wanted slavery to be banned in the states angering the south  Slavery would not be banned until 1808 to get the south to agree to the constitution

Finished and ready for a grade  Congress would promote trade and commerce in the states  Exports would NOT be taxed, and native Americans were NOT considered foreign nations OR part of the states  The constitution was finished on September 15 th 1787, written the next day, and sent to the states for ratification within 3 days

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