1. The Constitutional Convention~1787 Sue’s Class

2. The Delegates 55 men from 12 states (Rhode Island declined to send anyone)

3. GDS delegates: George Washington, Virginia Alexander Hamilton, New York James Madison. Virginia James Wilson, Pennsylvania Charles Pinckney. South Carolina Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, South Carolina Roger Sherman, Connecticut William Paterson, New Jersey Elbridge Gerry, Massachusetts William Few, Georgia George Mason, Virginia

4. Roger Sherman, Connecticut

5. Oliver Ellsworth, Connecticut

6. William Few, Georgia

7. Alexander Hamilton, New York

8. William Paterson. New Jersey

9. Elbridge Gerry, Massachusetts

10. William Livingston, New Jersey

11. Rufus King, Massachusetts

12. Luther Martin, Maryland

13. John Dickinson, Delaware

14. John Langdon, New Hampshire

15. John Lansing, New York

16. James Madison, Virginia

17. George Mason. Virginia

18. Gouverneur Morris, Pennsylvania

19. Charles Pinckney, South Carolina

20. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, South Carolina

21. John Rutledge, South Carolina

22. James Wilson, Pennsylvania

23. George Washington

24. AGENDA ~ is it ok to create a new constitution? Madison and the Virginia Plan Sherman and the Connecticut (Great) Compromise Paterson and the New Jersey PlanPaterson and the New Jersey Plan Hamilton and the British PlanHamilton and the British Plan Charles Pinckney’s plan What powers should the presidentWhat powers should the president have? How should he be elected? The problem of slaveryThe problem of slavery ~ should slavery be abolished? Should the enslaved population be counted for representation in Congress? Are Federal Courts necessary? The fight for a Bill of Rights How should the Constitution be ratified?

25. Places to look for information http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_ccon.html http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitutio n_founding_fathers.html