1 / 3

The Constitutional Convention

The Constitutional Convention. PowerPoint by Brian Crawford. Delegates Meet 1. 1787 in Philadelphia 2. Locked the door and windows = HOT 3. All were landowning white men above the age of 55. Want to change Articles of Confederation 1. Decided just to get rid of the A of C.

gabriel-russell
Download Presentation

The Constitutional Convention

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Constitutional Convention PowerPoint by Brian Crawford. • Delegates Meet 1. 1787 in Philadelphia 2. Locked the door and windows = HOT 3. All were landowning white men above the age of 55. • Want to change Articles of Confederation 1. Decided just to get rid of the A of C

  2. The Constitutional Convention (cont.) • Arguments over power 1. Large States vs. Small States 2. State Power vs. National (Federal) Power 3. Power to President vs. Congress 4. Slavery • Two Plans 1. Virginia Plan: James Madison 2. New Jersey Plan

  3. The Constitutional Convention (cont.) • The Great Compromise 1. Roger Sherman combined the two plans 2. New Constitution • First political parties 1. Federalists: want national government 2. Anti-Federalists: want state power

More Related