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Unit 2: The American Revolution
Lesson 5: Creating the Constitution and
Ratification Debate
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Bellringer-
In your opinion, what is the role
of the government today? What
kind of things are they supposedto provide us with? Are they
doing too much or not enough?
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Conflict with a New Government
Virginia Plan:
Created by James Madison
Said that the Legislative Branch
(Congress) would have two houses
Representation based on the states
Population
New Jersey Plan:
Created by William Paterson Said that the Legislative Branch
would
have one house
Each state had one representative
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A Great Compromise
The Great Compromise: settled how states
would be represented in the new
government,
Set up the House of Representatives, whichpleased the larger
states, and the Senate,
which appealed to the smaller states
The Great Compromise
was a combination of the
VA Plan and the NJ Plan
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More Conflict, this time Slavery
Southern states wanted to count slaves
as part of their population in determining
representation in the House
Northerners opposed this because slaves
could not vote or pay taxes
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The Issue of Slavery
Southerners also wanted the Constitution to
forbid government interference in the slave
trade and limit Congress power to regulate
trade
As a compromise, the delegates decided:
-The new Congress could not tax exports
-Could not ban the slave trade until 1808
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Another Compromise:
3/5ths Compromise
A solution to the slaveryrepresentation issue was
reached with the Three-Fifths
Compromise
Every five enslaved people
would be counted as three free
persons for taxes and
representation in the House
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Other Key ideas of the New
Government
SEPARATION
OF POWERS
LIMITED
GOVERNMENT
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Ratification
In September 1787 the Confederation
Congress approved the new Constitution
The task now was to convince at least nine of
the thirteen state governments to ratify thedocument in order
for it to take effect
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The Federalists
Supported theConstitution Believed that the
system of checks andbalances would protectthe rights of the
people
Believed that, thoughthe national governmentwould have
supreme
power, the states wouldretain many of theirpowers
Alexander Hamilton andJames Madison
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The Anti Federalists
They believed in the need for
a national government, but
were weary of a National
Government that had TOOmuch power
Made up mostly of western
farmers
Thomas Jefferson
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The Ratification Debate
Federalists and Anti-Federalists debated
across the country for months over whether
or not their states should approve the
Constitution The Federalists created a series of essays
called the Federalist Papers, which
supported the Constitution
The Anti Federalists demanded that the new
Constitution acknowledge individual rights
This demand led to the creation of the
BILL OF RIGHTS
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Exit Ticket!
How did the Great Compromise take ideas
from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
to organize the government so the leaders at
the Constitutional Convention would be happy? What was the main
debate between the
Federalists and Anti Federalists?
What was added to the Constitution to makethe Anti-federalists
support the new document?
