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September 24, 2013

September 24, 2013. Objective: Students will be able to identify the opposing sides in the fight for ratification and describe the major arguments for and against the Constitution .

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September 24, 2013

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  1. September 24, 2013 Objective: Students will be able to identify the opposing sides in the fight for ratification and describe the major arguments for and against the Constitution. Question: Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? How did the Compromise differ from the Articles of Confederation? Agenda: Notes Feds vs. Anti-Feds/Ratification Packets.

  2. FEDERALISTS VS ANTI-FEDERALISTS

  3. Once the Constitution is written it must go to the states for their approval People will be able to vote for or against the Constitution

  4. FEDERALISM – a system of government in which power is shared between the states and the national government

  5. JAMES MADISON • Writes The Federalist papers because he supports a strong central government • Writes the first 10 amendments to the Constitution

  6. ALEXANDER HAMILTON • Alexander Hamilton a lawyer co-writes several The Federalist essays • Supports a strong national government and ratification of the Constitution

  7. Patrick Henry • Active leader during the Revolution who demanded that the British “give me liberty, or give me death!" • He is against the Constitution because it reduced states rights and had no Bill of Rights

  8. George Mason • Anti-Federalist, a Virginian Plantation owner • Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights which becomes the model for the Bill of Rights • He refused to sign the Constitution until a Bill of Rights was included

  9. An Unfair Advantage? • The Federalists publish their essays in New York newspapers and pamphlets in 1787-1789 • Newspapers support the Federalist side and publish more Federalist writings than Anti-Federalist writings!

  10. Two groups begin to develop: 1) FEDERALISTS – want the Constitution to pass as is YES!!

  11. 2) ANTI-FEDERALISTS – do NOT want the Constitution to pass as is NO!!

  12. FEDERALISTS The Constitution is awesome! I think everyone should rush out and vote for it!

  13. FEDERALISTS 1) Supported taking some powers from the states and giving them to the national government

  14. FEDERALISTS 2) Wanted to divide powers among the different branches of government EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL LEGISLATIVE

  15. FEDERALISTS 3) Wanted a single person to lead the executive branch

  16. ANTI-FEDERALISTS The Constitution is not worth the paper it is printed on! Where is the Bill of Rights?

  17. ANTI-FEDERALISTS 1) Wanted the states to keep the most important powers

  18. ANTI-FEDERALISTS 2) Wanted the legislative branch to have more power than the executive branch EXECUTIVE (PRESIDENT) LEGISLATIVE (CONGRESS)

  19. ANTI-FEDERALISTS 3) Feared a single person in the executive branch might become a king or tyrant

  20. ANTI-FEDERALISTS 4) Believed a Bill of Rights need to be added to the Constitution to protect people’s rights

  21. Both sides published their viewpoints in newspapers, pamphlets, etc.

  22. THE FEDERALIST PAPERS – a series of essays which supported the Federalists viewpoint (wanted the Constitution to pass)

  23. The Federalists Papers were written by such men as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay Alexander Hamilton John Jay James Madison

  24. Federalists had an advantage because most newspapers supported their cause

  25. Take a moment and reflect…. • Do the Anti-Federalists care more about protecting individual rights or promoting the common good? • Do the Federalists care more about protecting individual rights or promoting the common good?

  26. Individual Rights • The Anti-Federalists were more concerned with protecting the rights of the individual people and states, then promoting the pubic good as a whole.

  27. Common Good • The Federalists were more concerned with promoting the common good of everyone then protecting individual rights

  28. Quote #1: • “All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born; the other, the mass of people…. The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore the first class a ….permanent share in the government….they therefore will ever maintain good government.” • Who said it? _______________________

  29. Quote #1 • Who said it? • FEDERALISTS

  30. Quote #2: • “It must be by this time evident to all men…that (the Articles of Confederation) is a system so radically vicious and unsound as to admit….an entire change.” • Who said it? _______________________

  31. Quote #2 • Who said it? • FEDERALISTS

  32. Quote #3: • “Our country is too large to have all affairs directed by a single government.” • Who said it? _______________________

  33. Quote #3 • Who said it? • ANTI-FEDERALISTS

  34. Quote #4: • “I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground – that all powers not delegate (given) to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states, or to the people….” • Who said it? _______________________

  35. Quote # 4 • Who said it? • ANTI-FEDERALIST

  36. Quote #5: • “The powers contained in the constitution….ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good.” • Who said it? _______________________

  37. Quote # 5 • Who said it? • FEDERALISTS

  38. Quote #6: • “I am not among those who fear the people. They, not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom.” • Who said it? _______________________

  39. Quote #6 • Who said it? • ANTI-FEDERALISTS

  40. Quote #7: • "I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire." • Who said it? _______________________

  41. Quote #7 • Who said it? • ANTI-FEDERALISTS

  42. Quote #8: • "I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire." • Who said it? _______________________

  43. Quote #8 • Who said it? • ANTI-FEDERALISTS

  44. Quote #9 • Who said it? • FEDERALISTS

  45. Quote #10: • “An elective [monarchy] was not the government we fought for; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.” • Who said it? _______________________

  46. Quote # 10 • Who said it? • FEDERALISTS

  47. Quote #11: • “When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. • Who said it? _______________________

  48. Quote #11 • Who said it? • ANTI-FEDERALISTS

  49. Quote #12: • “… the power vested in congress of sending troops for suppressing insurrections will always enable them to stifle the first struggles of freedom." • Who said it? _______________________

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