2. Constitutional Convention  Met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation  -55 Delegates (planters, lawyers, generals)  -Also known as the Philadelphia Convention

3. James Madison  He was known as the Father of the Constitution because he wrote the basic plan

4. George Washington  - Unanimously chosen to preside over the meetings  -President of the Constitutional Convention

5. Virginia Plan (Large States)  -Mostly written by James Madison  -called for 2 house legislature, a chief executive chosen by the legislature and a court system  -representatives would be proportional to population

6. New Jersey Plan (Small States)  -kept the Confederation’s one-house legislature with one vote for each state  -Congress could set taxes and regulate trade – Powers theAOC did not have before  -Congress could set taxes and regulate trade – Powers the AOC did not have before  -Congress would elect a weak executive branch consisting Of more than one person

7. The Great Compromise  - Roger Sherman suggested a compromise to resolve the Disagreements

8. Three-Fifth Compromise  - Count each enslaved person as 3/5 of a free person for both taxation and representation

9. Slave Trade  - The slave trade was banned within the North’s borders and wanted to ban it throughout the nation

10. Bill of Rights  George Mason proposed adding a bill of rights to protect individual liberties, but it was defeated and not added until later

11. September 17, 1787September 17, 1787  Constitution was signed (without a Bill of Rights)

12. Liberty Kids: We the People Part One