1. Date: November 4, 2014 Topic: Major Compromises of the Constitutional Convention. Aim: How did the Constitutional Convention achieve major compromise? Do Now: Multiple Choice Questions. PERIOD 6 PERIOD 6

2. What do all of these flavors represent? COMPROMISE!

4. According to the document excerpt, what were the concerns of James Madison? What was he hoping to try? JAMES MADISON THOUGHT THAT FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES WOULD NOT WORK. IN ADDITION HE BELIEVED THAT UNIFYING ALL OF THE STATES INTO ONE WOULD ALSO BE UNATTAINABLE. MADISON WAS HOPING FOR COMPROMISE WHERE THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WAS RECOGNIZED AS BEING SUPREME AND THE INDIVIDUAL STATES KEPT SOME POWER.

5.  The first issue to be resolved was that of representation. The delegates from Virginia proposed the Virginia Plan, which called for a bicameral legislature. A state’s representation in each house would be based on its population. Larger states supported this plan. The smaller states supported the New Jersey Plan. This plan called for a unicameral legislature in which each state had equal representation. Why would larger states support the Virginia Plan? Why would smaller states support the New Jersey Plan? THE STATES WITH GREATER POPULATIONS WOULD SUPPORT THE VIRGINIA PLAN BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE MORE INFLUENCE IN GOVERNMENT. THE SMALLER STATES SUPPORTED THE NEW JERSEY PLANM BECAUSE UNDER THAT PLAN, THEY WOULD HAVE INFLUENCE EQUAL TO THAT OF THE LARGE STATES.

6.  I will therefore make up the deficiency by adding a few words on the Constitution proposed by our Convention. I like much the general idea of framing a government which should go on of itself peaceably, without needing continual recurrence to the state legislatures. I like the organization of the government into Legislative, Judiciary & Executive. I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly. For tho' I think a house chosen by them will be very illy qualified to legislate for the Union, for foreign nations &c. yet this evil does not weigh against the good of preserving inviolate the fundamental principle that the people are not to be taxed but by representatives chosen immediately by themselves. I am captivated by the compromise of the opposite claims of the great & little states, of the latter to equal, and the former to proportional influence.  Excerpt from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison Dec 20, 1787 What power does the new Legislature have? What does Jefferson mean by the greater house? Why does Jefferson feel as though this greater house will have some difficulties? THE LEGISLATURE WOULD HAVE THE POWER TO LEVY TAXES (PUT IN PLACE). THE GREATER HOUSE IS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THE HOUSE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LEGISLATE WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOWEVER THE HOUSE WILL HAVE THE POWER TO TAX THE PEOPLE DIRECTLY.

7.  The Virginia Plan served as the basis for much of the new Constitution. However, the matter of representation had to be settled by what is known as the Great Compromise or the Connecticut Plan, which gave something to both large and small states. The compromise created the Congress, a bicameral legislature. The states had equal representation in the upper house, or Senate. In the lower house, or the House of Representatives, representation was based on population. In addition all bills dealing with money would have to start in the House, but would need the approval of the Senate. Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise) Why do bills concerning money originate in the House?

9. Date: November 6, 2014 Topic: Major Compromises of the Constitutional Convention. Aim: How did the Constitutional Convention achieve major compromise? Do Now: Take out where we finished on Tuesday. PERIOD 6 PERIOD 6

10. How does Madison describe the conflict that slavery brings to the Constitution?

11.  Southerners wanted slaves to be counted for purposes of deciding representation in the House, but not for purposes of determining taxes. The compromise reached was that three fifths of the enslaved African Americans in a state were counted for both representation and taxation purposes. Three Fifths Compromise

12. How do differences over commerce (economy, business) reflect sectionalism in the United States?

13. Answer the Aim  How did the Constitutional Convention achieve major compromise?

14. How does this news story represent a modern day conflict over federalism?