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1. Preview Describe a time in your life when it was beneficial to compromise with someone.

2. Review • Remember, the federal government created by the Articles of Confederation was very weak. • It had no power to tax. • No chief executive. • No power to enforce laws. • No court system. • 9/13 states had to agree to pass laws • Changes to the Articles had to be unanimous (13/13 states)

3. Chapter 3The Constitution The Road to the Constitution

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5. The Philadelphia Convention • States sent delegates to Philadelphia to fix the Articles of confederation • 55 delegates from 12 states • Rhode Island didn’t send delegates

6. Who was there? Who missed it? Attending Not in town Thomas Jefferson John Adams Both were in Europe Patrick Henry He was invited but did not attend • Benjamin Franklin • 81 • oldest delegate • George Washington • James Madison • Both would become president

7. Key Decisions • Who was chosen to preside over the convention? • George Washington • Respected for his leadership during the Revolutionary War

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9. Operating Procedures • Each state would have 1 vote • Majority rule would decide an issue • Work at the convention would be kept secret • No written records • Public was not allowed at the meetings to protect themselves from outside pressure.

10. James MadisonFather of the Constitution • Madison, a Virginian and a brilliant political philosopher, often led the debate and kept copious notes of the proceedings—the best record historians have of what transpired at the Constitutional Convention.

11. The purpose of this meeting was to change the Articles of Confederation because the Federal Government was too weak. • They decided to dispose of the Articles and write a new constitution.

12. Constitutional Compromises • Work with your partner to complete the information about the compromises reached at the Constitutional Convention.

16. Electing the President