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“ Creating the Constitution ”

Decisions: Arguments: 1. G. Washington will be in charge (president of the Convention) 2. Write a new Constitution 3. Keep it a s e c r e t 4. Virginia PLAN - 3 branches of gov. (Separation of Power, Checks and Balances - e ach branch “checks” the power of the other branches ). 5. President chosen by electoral college

Decisions: Arguments: 6.Great Compromise SENATE House of Representatives -2 Senators -Representatives -Equal representation -Based on population smallbig -(small states) -(big states) 1. Executive? Who chooses him? 2. Representation Which states will have more POWER? Which states will have more POWER? NJ Plan / VA Plan 7. 3/5 Compromise – count slaves 3. How to counts slaves?

ELECTORAL COLLEGE Number of Senators + Number of Representatives = Number of Electors college

ELECTORAL COLLEGE How does one figure out how many electoral votes each state has? - Add the number of Representatives to the number of Senators. Why did the framers of the Constitution decide to create an electoral college? - So people would not elect the President directly. Do voters in the United States vote directly for the president? - No What is the minimum number of electoral votes a state can have? - Three (at lease 1 representative + 2 senators)

Decisions:Arguments: 1.G. Washington will be in charge (president of the Convention) 2. Write a new Constitution 3. Keep it a secret 4. Virginia PLAN -3 branches of gov. - Separation of Power, - Check and Balances keeps the branch from becoming too powerful. 5. President chosen by electoral college ( Electors chosen by each state would elect the president. Everyday citizens in each state would have a say this way, but the final decision would be made by people who were better informed about the candidates and the issues).

DECISIONS:ARGUMENTS: 6. Great Compromise Senate House of Representatives 2 Senators per state Equal representation (small states) Based on population (big states) 7. 3/5 Compromise – count slaves - What are we going to do about Executive??? - How are we going to choose him ??? Representation (What states will have power?) VA and NJ Plans

WEAKNESSPROBLEM 1. Congress had NO power to collect taxes -The gov. was always short on $$$ and unable to pay its debts 2. Congress had no power to regulate foreign trade -It was difficult to conduct trade 3. There was no national court system-There was no way to settle the arguments among the states 4. Needed 9 out of 13 states to pass the law -Tough for everyone to agree 5. Each state had 1 vote-Not fair to big states 6. Congress had no power to control the states -States start to argue with each other 7. No president or executive-There was no effective way to coordinate the work of government states needed to approve the amendments to the Articles -No practical way to change the powers of government