CREATION OF THE CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION  Met Philadelphia in the State House, now called Independence Hall  Intended to make changes.

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CREATION OF THE CONSTITUTION

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION  Met Philadelphia in the State House, now called Independence Hall  Intended to make changes (revise) to the Articles of Confederation  Got rid of the Articles & started over  75% of the men had been in the Continental Congress  55 delegates in all attend  Meet in secrecy

THE CONVENTION CONVENES  George Washington- President of the Convention  James Madison- Father of the Constitution because he wrote most of the document.  Ben Franklin attended  Thomas Jefferson and John Adams are notable absences from the conventions  Both are Europe representing the country as ambassadors  Jefferson is in France  Adams is in England  Madison Video Madison Video

MAJOR ISSUES ADDRESSED 1. Balance of Power between the States and the National Govt. 2. Structure of Government 3. Congressional Representation 4. Slavery and population

STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT - TWO PLANS 1. Virginia Plan (Large State Plan)  Bicameral Legislature(2 houses)  Number of representatives in each house based on states population  Legislature would have power to tax, regulate trade and make laws that states are unable to make

2. New Jersey Plan (Small State Plan)  Single house Legislature  Each state would have one vote  Similar to Articles of Confederation  Same powers as Virginia Plan Structure of Government Two Plans

COMPROMISE REACHED: Great Compromise  Compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey plans for representation  Legislature would be Bicameral  Senate – 2 representatives per state  House of Representatives – representation based on population

STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT  Three Branches of Government  Executive : enforce the laws  Legislative : make the laws  Judicial : interpret the laws

SLAVERY AND POPULATION  Disagreement on how to count slaves as part of population for the purpose of taxation and representation  South wanted slaves counted as population for representation but not taxation  North wanted slaves counted for taxation but not population

SLAVERY AND POPULATION  Three-Fifths Compromise  Every 5 slaves would count as 3 free persons when calculating population for taxation and for representation

SIGNING OF THE CONSTITUTION  September 17, 1787  Sent to states for ratification  Had to have ¾ of states approval to become law of the land

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” PREAMBLE