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Creating the Constitution
Chapter 8, Section 2
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A Constitutional Convention is Called
O What events encouraged leaders to call a Constitutional Convention?
O Delegates from 5 states met in Annapolis, MDO Alexander Hamilton
O The changes they wanted required amending the Articles of Confederation
O Most people didn’t think the government needed to be changed…what changed their minds?
O Trade, trade lawsO Strengthen national governmentO Taxes
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The Convention’s Delegates
O Who were some of the key delegates?O There were 55, known as the Founding
FathersO Which state did not participate?
O What groups of Americans were not represented at the Convention? Why?O Native AmericansO African AmericansO Women
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The Delegates Assemble
O Pre-war, people saw government as a threat to citizen’s rights. O Now how do they feel?
O What challenges faced the delegates at the Convention?O How to set up a strong but limited federal
government.
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The Convention BeginsO Why did the delegates select George
Washington as president of the Convention?O Respected leader
O Why did the delegates vote to make discussions at the Convention secret?O To be able to consider all options
freely, without outside influences
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The Virginia PlanO Edmund Randolph presented a plan
(it was developed before the Convention began), that became known as the Virginia Plan
O Two-house legislatureO Based on a state’s population or wealth
O Three branches of governmentO Legislature – made the lawsO Executive – enforce the lawsO Judicial – interpret the laws
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The New Jersey PlanO Presented by William PatersonO One-house legislature
O One state, one voteO What was this similar to?O Gave power to regulate trade and tax imports
O How did the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan differ?
O Why did the issue of representation in Congress divide the large states from the smaller states?
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The Great CompromiseO Delegates could not come to an
agreementO A special committee was chosen to
work out a compromise
O How did the Great (Connecticut/Sherman) Compromise satisfy the concerns of the large and the smaller states?
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Slavery and the ConstitutionO Representation is to be based on
population for the House of Representatives…but how, then, to determine population? O Southern states wanted slaves counted for
representation but not for taxation
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The Three-Fifths Compromise
O How did the states resolve the debate over representation for enslaved Americans?O Three-fifths of the slave population would be
counted for taxes and to determine representation
O How did the states compromise over the issue of slave trade?O Congress could not ban the
slave trade until 1808
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Regulating TradeO What did Southern states give up in
debates over trade issues?O Agreed to a tax on the slave tradeO Agreed to export laws by national
government
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The ConstitutionO Constitutional Convention approves
the Constitution on Saturday, September 15, 1787.
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Key TermsO Constitutional Convention – a meeting held in 1787 to consider
changes to the Articles of Confederation; resulted in the drafting of the Constitution
O James Madison – delegate to the Constitutional Convention; known as the “Father of the Constitution;” took detailed notes
O Virginia Plan – a plan proposed by Edmund Randolph, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, that proposed a government with three branches and a two-house legislature in which representation would be based on a state’s population or wealth
O New Jersey Plan – a plan of government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that called for a one-house legislature in which each state would have one vote
O Great Compromise – the Constitutional Convention’s agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house
O Three-Fifths Compromise – the Constitutional Convention’s agreement to count three-fifths of a state’s slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation