Creating the Constitution
Proposed by Edmund Randolf Written by James Madison
Calls for 1,2, 3 Branches
2 Houses Upper Lower
Virginia Plan
William Paterson
One House Equal Representation
New Jersey Plan
Roger Sherman
Bi-Cameral Legislature (Two House) Lower House (House of Representatives)
Based on population 2-year terms
Upper House (Senate) Equal representation – 2 per state 6 year terms
The Great Compromise!
Allows every enslaved person to be counted
as 3/5 of a free person
North agrees to keep the South in the Union
Bad for slaves
Three-Fifths Compromise
Atlantic slave trade will continue until 1808.
Slave trade within America would continue
Slave Trade
“We the people”
Support the Constitution
Write the “Federalist Papers” 85 essays
Strong central government!
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
Federalists
Do Not Support the Constitution as it was
Arguments against Weakening of the States No Bill of Rights Strength of executive branch
George Mason and Patrick Henry
Anti-Federalists
Need 9/13 states to take effect
Delaware is the first to ratify
Virginia If they don’t ratify will anyone else?
New Hampshire!
Ratification
(Author) Did a Federalist or Anti-Federalist create this? (Audience) Who did the author want to see this cartoon? (Context) What is going on in the US at this time? (Content) What does each of the pillars represent? (Purpose) What is this cartoon trying to convince its
audience to do?
What is a Bill of Rights?
Many states felt the Federal gov’t needed to protect the rights of their citizens.
First 10 Amendments passed in 1789. Ratified in 1791.
Bill of Rights
1st – Religion, Speech, Press, Petition, Assembly 2nd – Bear Arms 3rd – Quartering 4th – Search and Seizure 5th-8th – Rights of the Accused 9th & 10th – Limits the federal gov’t
Impact?
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Bill of Rights