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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 for Dummies

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Leader of the Anti - Federalists was George Mason.

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Leader of the Anti - Federalists was George Mason.

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Leader of the Federalists was Alexander Hamilton

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Leader of the Federalists was Alexander Hamilton

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The Commerce Compromise was born having the North to wait 20 years until it could ban the slave trade.

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The compromise made was called the 3/5 Compromise. This gave states with slaves 3/5 representation and taxes. Basically, it meant for every 5 slaves, 2 would not be recognized in the US.

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Southern States wanted slaves to be counted for population but did not want to be counted for taxes. They did this so that they can get more power in Congress.

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Northern states wanted slaves to be counted for taxes but did not want to be counted for representation. They worried the southerners, like Virginia, would have too much power.

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There were 2 sides.
Federalists wanted a strong nation government, wanted a constitution, but did not want a bill of rights.
Anti-federalists wanted a strong state government but did not want a constitution. They would have one if it included a Bill of Rights.

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The sides were arguing about how slaves would be counted in the government. Southerners wanted slaves as population to get more representation. The North didn't let that happen.

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The North wanted the federal government to control trade in the United States. However, the South felt that it would hurt their economy. This created an argument between both sides.

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The compromise made was called The Great Compromise. This created 2 houses which one had representatives based on population (Virginia Plan) and another with equal representatives (New Jersey Plan).

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This is the plan that small states agreed with. This was they wanted each state to have an equal number of representatives.

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This is the plan that large states agreed with. This was that representation is based on the population of the states

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The states were angry about which side would get more power. The argument was the large states get more power from the small states. This upsetted small state representatives and cause an argument

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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was also where the constitution was created. There were 55 representatives which George Washington was the elected leader for the convention. The purpose of the convention was to talk about what to do with the new government in America. 4 Main topics were discussed.