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The Constitutional Convention

The Constitutional Convention. Northwest Ordinance, 1787 Laws passed by the Confederation Congress Allowed slavery in the area south of the Ohio River

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Annapolis Convention, states sent representatives Adopted a report urging all states to send delegates to Philadelphia to amend the Articles of Confederation

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Page 1: The Constitutional Convention. Northwest Ordinance, 1787 Laws passed by the Confederation Congress Allowed slavery in the area south of the Ohio River

The Constitutional Convention

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Northwest Ordinance, 1787

• Laws passed by the Confederation Congress

• Allowed slavery in the area south of the Ohio River

• Prohibited slavery north of the river

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Annapolis Convention, 1786

• 5 states sent representatives• Adopted a report urging all

states to send delegates to Philadelphia to amend the Articles of Confederation

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Constitutional Convention

• 55 delegates met in Philadelphia beginning in May, 1787

• All meetings that summer were held in secrecy

• Purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation

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Key People at the Constitutional Convention

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George Washington

• Chairman of the Convention• Seldom participated, but• Lent his enormous prestige to the

proceedings

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James Madison

• “Father of the Constitution”• A Virginian and brilliant

political philosopher• Keep the only notes of the

proceedings

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• Authored the “Virginia Plan” which proposed a federal government of three separate branches

• Later authored the US Bill of Rights

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Issue of Representation in the new government

• Two plans were introduced• They demonstrated the basic

conflict between large and small states

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Virginia Plan

• Virginia was a “large” state• Base representation on

population• Larger states would get more

representatives

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(Virginia Plan)

• A bicameral (2-house) legislature, both based on population

• Legislature would choose the executive and judiciary

• Legislature would have the power to veto state legislation

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New Jersey Plan

• Introduced by William Paterson and represented the small state view

• Each state should get an equal number of representatives

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(New Jersey Plan)

• A unicameral legislature• Increase the power of Congress to

levy import duties and regulate trade

• Each state would have one vote

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The Great Compromise

• Bicameral legislature• Membership in the lower house

(House of Representatives) should be based on population

• Upper house (Senate) based on equal representation

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Three-fifth’s Compromise

• The problem was: should slaves be counted as population in determining representation

• Northerners were opposed• Southerners supported it• Agreed to count 3/5 of the slaves in

determining representation

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Slave Trade Compromise

• Congress would not be allowed to pass any trade regulations pertaining to slave trade for 20 years.