1. Warm Up – Left Side In your opinion, does the federal government have too much power? Why or Why not? Explain your answer….

2. The Articles of Confederation- Right Side Directions: Copy the chart on to the right side of your notebook. Read the summary and complete the chart. Problems: What problems were caused by the Articles of Confederation? Needs: What major change was needed? Fears: What form of government did Americans most fear? Why?

3. Right Side continued.. The Constitution succeeded in remedying the major defects of the Articles of Confederation: 1. a separate executive and judicial department was created 2. congress was given the power to tax and regulate commerce btw states and foreign nations 3. only congress was given the right to coin money 4. bills passed by majority vote and amendments by two- thirds of congress and three-quarters of states. THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES WERE CREATED BY COMPORMISE BETWEEN THE STATES DURING THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION…..

4. The Technical stuff: (not notes) Hoisting a few They may have been learning some things about the government, but most of the Founding Fathers already knew how to bend their elbows. In 1795, it was estimated the average American male over the age of 15 drank 34 gallons of beer and cider, five gallons of distilled spirits, and a gallon of wine every year. Sixty distilleries sprang up during the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts alone. And in a Kentucky county in 1789, residents came up with a corn whiskey that used water flavored by the limestone rocks it flowed over and the charred oak barrels it was aged in. They named it after their county ---Bourbon.

5. Paste Chart on next right side of notebook. Add in the compromises… large states vs. small states The GREAT compromise (Connecticut Compromise) provided for a 2-house legislature, the upper house (Senate), to be based on EQUAL representation for all the states and a lower house (House of Representatives) to be based on POPULATION Southern states vs. Northern states The Three-fifths Compromise provided that 5 slaves could be counted for 3 whites for the purposes of representation and taxation Slave states vs. free states The Slave Trade Compromise permitted the importation of slaves with no interference for 20 years, but a head tax of $10 per slave could be levied.

6. Chart continued… Agricultural states vs. manufacturing states The Commerce Compromise stated that Congress, by majority vote could tax imports, but could not tax exports Aristocracy (upper class) vs. Democrats The president was to be elected by an Electoral College for a 4- year term and was eligible for reelection, the Senate was to be elected indirectly by the state legislature, the house directly by the people.

7. Okay, we compromised…now can we sell it?? 9 out of the 13 states were need to ratify the constitution The key players: Federalists Wanted to ratify the constitution Wanted a strong central government Anti-Federalists Did NOT want strong central government Worried that ratification would mean loss of individual rights COMPROMISE strikes again!! The Bill of Rights

8. Critical Question – Left side Why were the Anti- federalists concerned that their rights would be violated without a Bill of Rights? What could possibly happen if these rights were not in a written guarantee?