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The Great Compromise and the Birth of the Constitution

Dive into the Philadelphia Convention, where delegates addressed issues with the Articles of Confederation and crafted the Constitution. Learn about conflicts over representation, the Virginia and New Jersey Plans, the 3/5ths Compromise, and more.

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The Great Compromise and the Birth of the Constitution

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  1. What is a compromise? Turn and talk to your elbow partner. Explain to them what you think it is and what a compromise might look and sound like.

  2. The Philadelphia Convention aka The Constitutional Convention

  3. REMINDER: Problems with the Articles of Confederation • Couldn’t Tax • States didn’t have to listen to the requests of Congress • No Army • No Executive Branch (law enforcing branch) • No Judicial Branch (court system)

  4. Why did they want to meet? The Convention met so that they could….. FIX THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

  5. Location President of the Convention Number of Delegates Number of states represented Philadelphia(same place as DOI) George Washington was elected President of the Convention 55 delegates attended- though not always at the same time 12 states sent representatives (Only Rhode Island did not) Convention Facts

  6. End Result Instead of fixing the AOC, the convention created a new government known as the…… CONSTITUTION

  7. Conflict over Representation • The stateseach had one vote under the AOC, but with the new federals system created by the Constitution, the states felt that they needed to be sure that all people were represented properly.

  8. Large States Large POPULATIONS Believe that since they have more people to represent they should have more votes The VIRGINIA PLAN supported the large states 2 house legislature Each state gets votes based on population Small States Small POPULATIONS Believe the states should have equal votes so that the large states don’t overpower them The NEW JERSEY PLAN supported the small states 1 house legislature Each state gets equal votes The Conflict Equal Representation Proportional Representation

  9. The Solution CONGRESS The GREAT COMPROMISE • AKA the Connecticut Compromise

  10. North manufactures goods and the South is agricultural. South trades with Europe and does not want tariffs. The North competes with Europe and wants a tariff. Many northern states want to stop the importation of slaves, but the southern economy depends on their labor Slaves citizenship questioned and debate rages about them being counted for proportional representation, but the South wants to count them so they have more representatives in the House of Representatives North v. South ConflictWhat were some problems?

  11. 3/5ths Compromise • States in the North and in the South could not agree on how slaves would be counted in the population. • Decided that every 5 slaves would count as 3 people for taxation and representation purposes. =

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