1. Unit VI. & VII. The Constitution & New Government A New State & Nation

2. Objectives Describe two basic conditions of SC after the war was over Describe the types of early US Governments Describe at least two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation Compare and Contrast the differences between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans

3. SC After the War The war disrupted SC’s economy Fields were damaged Rice & Indigo weren’t profitable Planters had little money & had to borrow large amounts of money to survive ? Of what to do with Loyalists

4. SC’s Constitution 1 st - 1776 dealt with Brits, slavery, Indians 2 nd - 1778-1790 –now called the president - governor –Representation was shared more equally btwn up & low country –Anglican church disestablished –Rights to a free press

5. Articles of Confederation Written in 1776, but not ratified until 1781 Established a weak central government No president nor court system Provided a unicameral (one house) legislature-each state had one vote Congress had no power to tax, coin money, nor regulate trade

6. Constitutional Convention Philadelphia, PA May 1787 SC sent four delegates-Pierce Butler, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and John Rutledge All helped write the U.S. Constitution

7. Virginia Plan Created 3 branches of government 1-Legislative 2-Executive 3-Judicial James Madison wrote this plan (from VA) Had a bicameral (two house) legislature Representatives were based on population-good for large states Small states like New Jersey would have less votes in Congress

8. New Jersey Plan Proposed each state had the same number of representatives Not based on population nor property SC favored representation by population and property value (Virginia Plan)

9. The “Great Compromise” Roger Sherman (Conn.) proposed Representation in the lower house of Congress based on population (House of Representatives) Representation in the upper house of Congress would be equal (Senate)

11. Three-Fifths Compromise SC wanted slaves counted as Pop. States w/o slaves did not Convention agreed to 3/5s Comp. –Every 5 slaves counted as 3 people –SC did not agree but approved it anyway