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Convention Reflection In at least 8 lines respond to the following…

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?

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Convention Reflection In at least 8 lines respond to the following…

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  1. Convention ReflectionIn 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? • What social groups do you think made alliances with eachother? Do you think similar alliances were made in real life? • Why might it be harder for poorer social groups to unite? • Which social groups do you think wanted a strong national government? Why? • Which social groups wanted the greatest amount of democracy – power to the people? Which wanted the least?

  2. Convention Reflection In at least 5 lines respond to the following… • In what ways was our class Convention unrealistic? In what ways was it realistic? • What social groups do you think made alliances with each other? Do you think similar alliances were made in real life? • In real life, how do you think the Constitution dealt with the issues we confronted in our class convention?

  3. Constitutional Convention Philadelphia May 1787 – Sept 1787

  4. I. James Madison “Father of the Constitution” • 36 year old 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

  5. II. Debates over how to structure government • Most agreed with Montesquieu (separation of powers – designed to keep any one person from having too much power)

  6. III. How should we be represented? Big states v. Small states A - NEW JERSEY Plan – All states equally represented regardless of population B - VIRGINIA Plan – All states represented according to population

  7. State Populations ~ Census 1790 1. Virginia 691,737 69 2. Pennsylvania 434,373 43 3. North Carolina 393,751 39 4. Massachusetts 378,787 37 5. New York 340,120 34 6. Maryland 319,728 31 7. South Carolina 249,073 24 8. Connecticut 237,946 23 9. New Jersey 184,139 18 10. New Hampshire 141,885 14 11. Georgia 82,584 8 12. Rhode Island 68,825 6 13. Delaware 59,096 5

  8. C. The Great Compromise Why don’t we just compromise? Developed by Roger Sherman

  9. (compromise – a settlement in which each side gives up something in order to reach an agreement)

  10. 1 - As a result, today we have a two house (bi-cameral) legislature (CONGRESS) House of Representatives (Virginia Plan) Senate (NJ Plan)

  11. a) Senate – two seats per state

  12. b) House of Representatives – seats based on state’s population

  13. D. The 3/5ths Compromise ZZ

  14. Some northern states did not like slavery and made it illegal

  15. 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 Z Z Z Z Z Z

  16. Southern states claimed they “needed” slavery, and wanted to count slaves as part of their population

  17. North and South compromised by allowing states to count 3/5ths of their slaves as part of their population

  18. Video Recap! • http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-constitutional-convention-the-great-compromise.html#lesson

  19. IV. Slavery Question • Some delegates wanted ban slavery • Southerners warned this would ruin economy • Agreed not to outlaw slave trade for at least 20 years, then Congress could later vote to regulate • Fugitive slaves (as property) had to be returned to their masters

  20. V. The Constitution is signed in Philadelphia

  21. A. The Constitution is then given to the states for approval

  22. 1. 9 of 13 states must ratify (approve) the new form of government

  23. 2. Each state holds conventions to vote on the new Constitution

  24. 3. Two groups form a) The Federalists supported the new Constitution

  25. b) The Anti-federalists opposed the new Constitution

  26. Delaware 30 0 12 / 7 / 1787 Pennsylvania 46 23 12 / 12 / 87 New Jersey 38 0 12 / 18 / 87 Georgia 26 0 1 / 2 / 88 Connecticut 128 40 1 / 9 / 88 Massachusetts 187 168 2 / 6 / 88 Maryland 63 11 4 / 28 / 88 South Carolina 149 73 5 / 23 / 88 New Hampshire 57 47 6 / 21 / 88 Virginia 89 79 6 / 25 / 88 New York 30 27 7 / 26 / 88 North Carolina 194 77 11 / 21 / 89 Rhode Island 34 32 5 / 29 /90

  27. Many people were fearful that a powerful government wouldn’t protect the people c) The promise of a Bill of Rights convinced many to support the Constitution

  28. d) Bill of Rights ratified by Congress and the States

  29. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution = Bill of Rights

  30. Written by James Madison, they listed the rights protected by the government

  31. What rights do you have?? • To say whatever I want, whenever I want? • To be searched without a warrant? • To practice whatever religion I choose or none at all? • To be harmed as a punishment for a crime? http://www.icivics.org/games

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