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Constitutional Convention

Constitutional Convention. Constitutional Convention. Met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation - 55 Delegates (planters, lawyers, generals) -Also known as the Philadelphia Convention. James Madison.

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Constitutional Convention

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  1. Constitutional Convention

  2. Constitutional Convention • Met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation • -55 Delegates (planters, lawyers, generals) • -Also known as the Philadelphia Convention

  3. James Madison • He was known as the Father of the Constitution because he wrote very detailed notes on the convention

  4. George Washington • - Unanimously chosen to preside over the meetings • -President of the Constitutional Convention

  5. Virginia Plan (Large States) • -Mostly written by James Madison • -called for 2 house legislature, a chief executive chosen bythe legislature and a court system • -representatives would be proportional to population

  6. New Jersey Plan (Small States) • -kept the Confederation’s one-house legislature with one vote for each state • -Congress could set taxes and regulate trade – Powers theAOC did not have before • -Congress would elect a weak executive branch consisting Of more than one person

  7. GREAT COMPROMISE • TWO HOUSES • BICAMERAL • one part called the • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • one part called the SENATE

  8. GREAT COMPROMISE • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • based on state population • SENATE each state gets 2 equal votes

  9. HOW DOES IT WORK • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • SENATE

  10. The Great Compromise • - Roger Sherman suggested a compromise to resolve the Disagreements

  11. Three-Fifth Compromise • - Count each enslaved person as 3/5 of a free person for both taxation and representation

  12. Slave Trade • - The slave trade was banned within the North’s borders and wanted to ban it throughout the nation

  13. Bill of Rights • George Mason proposed adding a bill of rights to protect individual liberties, but it was defeated and not added until later

  14. September 17, 1787 • Constitution was signed (without a Bill of Rights)

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