Warm Up Before you can travel to the PAST,

You have to learn to Speak.Because you impression is going to LAST.

You Vocab cannot be Weak.Use the “We the People” Textbook to look up the following:

CompromiseRatify

Legislature Amendment

Hello Everyone…..• Please come in and take a seat.• Today you and your teams will be traveling through Time.• You will need the following items:• Pencil or Pen• A GOOD Attitude• Please know that Participation is Key

• If you don’t want to join in please stay behind in the loading deck until Captain Howard can speak with you.

We will be Traveling to the Year….

1787

What You Need to Know• The Constitutional Convention took place in summer of 1787 in

Philadelphia, Penn.• 55 Delegates went to the convention

• Rhode Island didn’t show up

Terms you Need to know

• Representation• the state, fact, or right of being

represented by delegates having a voice in legislation or government.

• National Legislature (Congress):• A formal assembly of

representatives, who meet and discuss problems of government

There were many debates and disagreements during the

convention. Perhaps the most difficult issues were over

representation in the national legislature and the

slave trade.

What's the Big deal with Representation and Slavery ?

• Representation :• Each state only had one Vote in

Congress- no matter the size or population

• Slavery• People• Property• Population

Georgia and the Constitutional Convention • In the summer of 1787, the

Georgia Assembly appointed • William Pierce• William Few• Abraham Baldwin• William Houston

Abraham Baldwin • president of the University of Georgia

• He continued to hold his seat in the Georgia Assembly until 1789, but in 1785 he was also

elected to the Confederation congress• served on the Committee of Postponed Matters,

later called the "Grand Committee," which was tasked with determining how to apportion state

representation in the national legislature. • changed his vote on small-state representation

to the national Senate, possibly because he feared the alienation of small states after befriending the Connecticut delegation.

William Few Jr• In 1786 Few was appointed to Congress

by the state legislature; the next year he represented Georgia in the constitutional convention at Philadelphia that drafted the U.S. Constitution• Few did assist in shepherding the new

Constitution through its first obstacle, approval by Congress. He later served four years as a U.S. senator, one term as a state representative, and three years as judge

NOW ITS YOUR TURN!!

The Groups and Topics• Group One: Small States – Representation-

Support the New Jersey Plan• Group Two: Southern States- Pro-Slavery

Arguments• Group Three: Northern States-Anti-Slavery

Arguments• Group Four : Large States- Representation –

Support the Virginia Plan

Behavior and Rules• You will address each other as Mr. and Ms. • You will have to sit properly No laying your head down nor Elbows on the tables• You will show the utmost respect for each other at all times• You will work together in groups • If you fail to behave you will be left out of our next assignment when we travel to the past again.

New Jersey and Virginia : the Great Compromise• New Jersey-

• supported by small states• Believed state votes should be equal no

matter the size or population• Believed that there should only be one

house for the national legislature (Congress)

• Virginia Plan-• Supported by large states • Believed that state vote should depend

on the population in each state• Believed in a bicameral legislature 2

house national legislature

• The Great Compromise : both plans were used in the new U.S. Constitution• The National legislature will be divided

into two house• Senate

• Follows the New Jersey Plan states have equal votes in Senate• 2 votes per state no matter what

• House of Representatives• Follows the Virginia Plan states

representatives will be based on population • Population determines the number the of

representatives in the legislature

3/ 5 Compromise• Southern states : wanted the states to count the slaves in the

population but did not want the slaves to have rights• Norther states: wanted the slave trade to stop, but they also wanted

the slaves to be seen as property or people, Not Both!!! • 3/5 Compromise: the states would count the slaves as 3/5 of a

person.