2. Objective: To examine the importance of the Great Compromise and 3/5 Compromise.

3. Experienced (42 MCs; 3 sitting Governors)
55 White Males
George Washington
Experienced (42 MCs; 3 sitting Governors)
Well Educated (Harvard; W&M; Yale; Penn; Columbia; Princeton; or England)
Wealthy

4. The Framers: How? In Secret Immediately Discarding Their Mandate
George Washington, Presiding

6. James Madison
Considered “Father of the Constitution”

7. 3 branches of gov’t Legislative branch: makes the laws
Executive branch: enforces/carries out the laws
Judicial branch: interprets and applies the laws

9. Checks and Balances

10. Constitutional Convention (Philadelphia, 1787)
- George Washington was elected president of the Convention.
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
- It called for a bicameral legislature, in which the number of representatives in each house would depend on the population of the state.
- Both plans called for a strong national government with 3 branches.
- It called for a unicameral legislature, in which every state received one vote.

12. • It provided for a bicameral Congress.
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
- It called for a bicameral legislature, in which the number of representatives in each house would depend on the population of the state.
- Both plans called for a strong national government with 3 branches.
- It called for a unicameral legislature, in which every state received one vote.
Great Compromise
• It provided for a bicameral Congress.
A. House of Representatives – each state is represented according to its population (satisfied the VA Plan)
B. Senate – each state has 2 Senators (satisfied the NJ Plan)
* Both houses of Congress must pass every law.

13. What about slaves?

14. Three-Fifths Compromise
• In order to determine the population of a state, only 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted.

15. 3/5 Compromise Every 5 slaves would count as 3 free persons
Determine representation in the House

17. Electoral College Group of people that select the president and VP
Voters in each state choose the electors
Each state gets a certain # of electors based on population

19. The decision on trade
Congress could regulate trade between the states and other countries
Congress could not tax exports and couldn’t mess with the slave trade.