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Convention Reflection In at least 8 lines respond to the following…. From your groups perspective, how do you feel about the decisions made at the real Convention? In what ways was our class Convention unrealistic? In what ways was it realistic? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Bell Ringer
• Why did delegates meet again in Philadelphia in 1787?To revise the Articles of Confederation
– How did Shay’s rebellion impact the country?Illustrated the weaknesses of having a limited federal or central authority (domestic rebellion could threaten national security)– What was the main weakness of the Articles of
Confederation?States were given all the power, limited national authority to govern the states
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Constitutional Convention
• Philadelphia, May – September • Leads to the creation of a whole new
constitution • 55 delegates
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Convention to revise Articles meets in Philadelphia 1787
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I – Delegates to the Constitution
• Most were young men in their 30’s, many were from wealthy families
• Madison arrives prepared with many ideas on how to structure a new government
• His ideas most influential – Authors “Federalist Papers” which argued for a strong federal government
They call me “Father of the Constitution”
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II. Debates over how to structure government
• Most agreed with Montesquieu’s ideas on separation of powers – (designed to keep any one person from having too much power)
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III. How should we be represented?
Big states v. Small statesA - NEW JERSEY Plan – All states equally represented regardless of populationB - VIRGINIA Plan – All states represented according to population
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State Populations ~ Census 1790
1. Virginia 691,737 692. Pennsylvania 434,373 433. North Carolina 393,751 394. Massachusetts 378,787 375. New York 340,120 346. Maryland 319,728 317. South Carolina 249,073 248. Connecticut 237,946 239. New Jersey 184,139 1810. New Hampshire 141,885 1411. Georgia 82,584 812. Rhode Island 68,825 613. Delaware 59,096 5
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C. The Great Compromise
Developed by Roger Sherman
Why don’t we just
compromise?
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(compromise – a settlement in which each side gives up
something in order to reach an agreement)
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As a result, today we have a two house (bi-cameral) legislature (CONGRESS)
House of Representati
ves(Virginia
Plan)
Senate(NJ Plan)
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a) Senate – two
seats per state
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b) House of Representativ
es
– seats based on state’s population
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Congressional apportionment in the House of Representatives
after 2010 census
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Senate = Every state is equal
Every state gets 2!
Virginia gets 2, New Jersey gets 2
Every state gets 2!!
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D. Slavery1) Slaves could not vote, so
northerners argued they should not be counted when assigning
representatives
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2) Southern states wanted to count slaves as part of their population
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State Free Total Population Population
Virginia 1 455,000 1 692,000
Pennsylvania 2 430,000 2 434,000
Massachusetts 3 378,000 4 378,000
New York 4 318,000 5 340,000
North Carolina 5 293,000 3 393,000
ZZZZZZ
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3) North and South compromised by allowing states to count 3/5ths of their
slaves as part of their population
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IV. SlaveryA) Some delegates wanted ban slavery but Southerners warned this would ruin their economy, so it remained LEGALB) Delegates agreed not to outlaw the slave trade (the buying selling of new slaves from Africa) for at least 20 years, then Congress could vote to regulate it or end itC) Agreed that fugitive slaves (seen as property) had to be returned to their owners
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V. The Constitution is signed in Philadelphia
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The Constitution is then given to the states for approval
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9 of 13 states must
ratify (approve) the new form of
government
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Each state holds conventions to vote on the new Constitution
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Two groups form
a) The Federalists
supported the new
Constitution
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b) The Anti-federalists opposed the new Constitution believing it gave too much power to a Federal or national
authority
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Rhode Island 34 32 5 / 29 /90
North Carolina 194 77 11 / 21 / 89
New York 30 27 7 / 26 / 88
Virginia 89 79 6 / 25 / 88
New Hampshire 57 47 6 / 21 / 88
South Carolina 149 73 5 / 23 / 88
Maryland 63 11 4 / 28 / 88
Massachusetts 187 168 2 / 6 / 88
Connecticut 128 40 1 / 9 / 88
Georgia 26 0 1 / 2 / 88
New Jersey 38 0 12 / 18 / 87
Pennsylvania 46 23 12 / 12 / 87
Delaware 30 0 12 / 7 / 1787
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Many people were fearful that a powerful government wouldn’t protect the people
The promise of a Bill of Rights convinced many to support the Constitution
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Bill of Rights is added through the amendment process – an amendment
is a change or addition or to the original Constitution
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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution = Bill of Rights
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Bill of Rights lists the rights
to be protected by
the government
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• http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=shays+rebellion&view=detail&&mid=CD7D45893050698DF504CD7D45893050698DF504
• 38:00 – 43:00
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Bill of Rights Rap
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlt6R1KD4E0
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Video Recap!
• http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-constitutional-convention-the-great-compromise.html#lesson
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What rights do you have??
• To say whatever I want, whenever I want?• To be searched?• To practice whatever religion I choose or none at all?• To be harmed as a punishment for a crime?• Do you know what rightsyou have??
Why does this matter?
http://www.icivics.org/games