1. Starter What are the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

2. Constitutional Convention

3. WHO, WHAT, AND WHERE After 10 years, the flaws of the Articles of Confederation were obvious. Delegates were sent to Philadelphia's Independence Hall to fix the flaws All but Rhode Island sent delegates Convention began May 25, 1787 with 55 influential men from 12 colonies

4. Key Decisions George Washington was chosen to preside over meeting Each state has one vote Delegates would keep work of the convention a secret, because it would allow them to speak freely. Decided to dispose of the Articles of Confederation and create a new plan of gov ’ t that was stronger

5. Two Plans of Government the Virginia Plan- James Madison 1. president 2. Courts 3. 2 house legislature Representation based on state ’ s population Plan appealed to large population states like, Mass, Penn, NY, VA New Jersey Plan-William Paterson 1. president 2. Courts 3. 1 House legislature representation would be equal vote Plan appealed to small states like Delaware, NJ, Maryland

6. Compromises Great Compromise: Roger Sherman-gov ’ t would have a 2 house legislature, 1 based on population, 1 based on equal representation 3/5 Compromise: every 5 slaves counted as 3 people in the population Electoral College: some felt Congress should chose president, others the peoples vote so settled on creating the Electoral College to chose the president based on the people ’ s vote

7. Ratification Race The new Constitution must be approved by 9 of the 13 states Supporters of the Constitution were called Federalists. Argued that needed a strong gov ’ t to protect the new nation. In a series of essays known as The Federalist, John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton defend the Constitution.

8. Approval The Anti-federalists felt that the Constitution gave the national gov ’ t too much power that would take away rights of people. The Federalists and Anti-Federalists agreed that a Bill of Rights would be added to the Constitution to protect rights of people On June 21, 1788 NH become the 9 th state to approve the Constitution making it the new gov ’ t of America

9. Topic: Constitutional Convention Activity: Newspaper Article You are to pretend that you are a newspaper journalist in May 1787. Your assignment is to cover the Constitutional Convention. You are to read the assigned topic in the We The People book then summarize it into a newspaper article that gives all the important details and decisions. IF DON’t Have Book use text book or old civic books and divide topics Since cameras have not been invented yet, you must draw a picture dealing with your topic to go along with your article. Remember to give your article a title. You will present article and drawing in class

10. We the People Topics: 1. Who attended pp. 68-69 2. Rules pp. p. 70 3. Virginia Plan & New Jersey plan pp. 71 & 75 4. Compromisespp. 76-78 Legislative Powerp. 80 5. Executive powerpp.81-82 6. Judicial powerpp. 83 7. Anti-Federalistspp. 93-95 8. Federalistspp. 98-101