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The Convention became more than revising the Articles of Confederation. Instead they wrote a completely new constitution.

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George Washington was assigned the presiding officer of the convention. The convention was closed to the general public.

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Ummm... the three fifths compromise allowed the population in states to include African American slaves but five slaves only counted towards three of the population...

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It was not until Shay's rebellion that the members of Congress finally agreed to host a meeting to make changes in how our government operates.

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Those in favor of a stronger central government were known as nationalists

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The Compromise over slvery meant that, for representation and tax purposes, for every five enslaved peoples, they count 3.

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Each stat was equally represented and gave congress the power to raise taxes and regulate trade

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In the 1780s it was clear that a new constitution was needed. In 1786 Virginia tried to hold a convention and only five states send delegates. Then Alexander Hamilton suggested that congress calls for a convention. During this convention two plans were discussed, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. The Virginia plan started over and redid the whole constitution and and New Jersey Plan modified the constitution. They chose the Virginia Plan.

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- James Madison convinced Virginia’s legislature to call a convention of all states to discuss trade and taxation problems
- Delegates accepted the Virginia Plan and smaller states opposed it
- George Washington of Virginia was chosen as presiding officer

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Each state have equal representation

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9 / 13 states had to ratify it for it take effect

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The new constitution was based on popular sovereignty, the idea of rule by the people

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Each state have equal representation

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States wanted to elect more members to the House of Representatives so they tried to count enslaved people, but the North was not having it since slaves couldn’t vote. They then came up with the Three-Fifth Compromise

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The proccess of creating a new Amendment was purposefully made difficult to prevent constant changes.

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States can elect one rep. to house of Congress for every 40k people

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1. July 1787
2. Connecticut compromise- Two houses, one based on representation and one with equal representation
3. Three Fifths compromise- When counting population, states would count three fifths of the slave population
4. Congress couldn’t tax exports or ban the slave trade until 1808

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Is rule by the people

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Rhode Island didn’t send a delegate

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Representation would be based on population

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The Connecticut compromise/ the greater compromise, proposed that in one house of congress ( House of Representatives) would be based on population

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In order for the Constitution to pass, many state representatives insisted on adding a bill of rights before their vote would be casted in favor

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Checks and balances allowed each branch of government to limit the power of the other two branches so that one does not become more powerful.

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Political & Economical issues facing the US made people doubt it's stability.

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The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were suggested at the meeting. The Virginia divided the government similarly to how it is today and the New Jersey simply revised the Articles of Confederation

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Those who supported the articles of confederation were known as nationalists.