1. Thinking Question
Who is the best (current) basketball player in the world, AND WHY?
(If you are not a basketball fan, who is the best athlete in a sport that you do follow, and why?)

2. James Madison: The Lebron James of the Constitutional Convention

3. Class #2, Week of December 3
United states history
Class #2, Week of December 3

4. The Philadelphia Convention
Summer1787
Who: Delegates from All States
What: Constitutional Convention
When: May 25, 1787 – September 17, 1787
Where: Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Why: (unofficially) - to create a strong national government in order to best serve the needs of the newly formed United States

5. The Virginia Plan Primary Author: James Madison
Bicameral - 2 houses of legislature
Representation in both houses determined by state population
National legislature would have a veto over state laws

6. The New Jersey Plan Introduced by William Patterson of New Jersey
Unicameral legislature
Equal Representation for each state

7. “Can You Compromise?”

8. The Great Compromise
Proposed by Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut (Connecticut Plan)
Combined Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
Bicameral - 2 houses of legislature
House of Representatives to be determined by state population
Directly elected by the voters in each state
Senate Representation was equal per state, with each state having two senators
Selected/appointed by state legislatures

9. The Controversy Over Slavery
Delegates from the Southern states were very concerned that the Northern states would use the power of a stronger national government to limit and eventually abolish slavery
They therefore insisted on protections for their institution as a condition of continuing to participate in the Convention
One of the most contentions questions was:
Should slaves be counted in the population of the Southern states, when the number of representatives in Congress was being determined for each state?

10. “Can You Compromise?”

11. The Three-Fifths Compromise

12. Other Protections for Slavery
[1) The Three-Fifths Compromise]
2) The Slave Trade Clause
3) The Fugitive Slave Clause

13. Unit 2 Project: New Latin Constitutional Ratification Convention
In the Coming Weeks…
Unit 2 Project: New Latin Constitutional Ratification Convention
AND/OR
American Revolution Socratic Seminar