Warm Up

• Add today’s date to your Warm Up Page• Write the objective• Answer: What main

weakness in the Articles of Confederation did Shays’ Rebellion expose? What were the consequences of this rebellion? Write at least four sentences.

Agenda

• Housekeeping• Intro to Constitution• Prepping for Convention• Constitutional Convention Simulation• Filling in the blanks• Closure

Intro to Constitution Clip

• 4 minutes of background information on Constitution• Answer these questions in notebook on page __:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uihNc_tdGbk • Questions

1. What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?2. Which state did not send a delegate to the convention?3. Describe the average delegate at the convention. 4. Why did no leaks occur out of the convention?

Prepping for Convention

• Read the handout titled “Constitutional Convention”• Then, come up with your own compromises in the boxes listed• 8 minutes• During this time, I will assign states

Constitutional Convention!

• In a few minutes, the delegates from each state will cast a vote for on the issues of representation and slavery• You will use the chart on the next slide to record your 1790 census data • Then, you will complete the worksheet titled “_________________”• 10 minutes• Focus especially on the last part, which you will present to the convention.

Include• Vote for New Jersey Plan or Virginia Plan• Answer to whether slaves should be counted as citizens• Answer to whether representation should be equal per state or based on

population

State Total Population Slave PopulationConnecticut 237,946 2,764

Delaware 59,096 8,887

 Georgia 82,548 29,264

 Maryland 319,728 103,036

Massachusetts 378,787 0

New Hampshire 141,885 158

New Jersey 184,139 11,423

New York 340,120 21,324

North Carolina 393,751 100,572

Pennsylvania 34,373 3,737

Rhode Island 68,825 948

South Carolina 249,073 107,094 Virginia 691,737 292,627

Constitutional Convention

• The time has come for a vote. I will need a George Washington to preside over the convention (mark the votes – must write neatly)• Each state will have one of its delegates present the vote. You must• Stand• Speak clearly• When not speaking, respect those who are• Keep phones away

• You must fill in the information on your own tally sheet as students present their responses

Compromise: Representation

• The Great Compromise• Settled the representation conflict• Delegates created a 2 house (bicameral) legislature

• One house based upon population (House of Reps)• A second house based upon equal votes per state (the United

States Senate)

Compromise: The Slavery Issue•The Three Fifths Compromise: settles the Slavery Issue•3 out of 5 slaves would be counted for

both representation and taxation

Conflict: The Trade Issue

• Southern delegates did not want an export or import tax (tariff).• Northern delegates favored a tax on imports to help northern industries

grow. This could hurt the South• Compromise: Congress was given the power to tax imports, but not

exportsThe South needed slavery for plantation labor. The North feared slave

populations would be to high.Compromise- The importation of slaves would end 20 years from the

ratification of the Constitution

Compromise: Federalists vs. Anti-federalists • Federalists agree to add a Bill of Rights to the new

Constitution• The Addition of the BOR allowed Anti-Feds to agree

to ratify the new Constitution• The Constitution was ratified in 1789

•On page ___, write at least four sentences answering:•How did competing interests contribute to the formulation of the Constitution? Use at least one compromise as an example.

Closure