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How many worked on the creating of the Constitution?

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How many worked on the creating of the Constitution?

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What are some of the characteristics of those people?

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There were a total of 74 delegates sent from twelve of the thirteen states to Philadelphia. These delegates were chosen the legislatures from their states. However, only 55 of the delegates attended the convention in Philadelphia.

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Many of the delegates were known to be called as Framers of the Constitution. Many of the Framers of the Constitution fought in the Revolutionary War. 46 of the delegates were members of the Continental Congress or Congress of Confederation. Other delegates were either state governors or serving in the constitutional conventions. 34 of the delegates attended college when there were a few in the area.

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George Washington was one of those delegates who had a key role at the convention.

Was a planter

Commander of the Continental Army

Was in the Continental Congress

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James Madison was the principal architect of the Constitution

Involved in state and local politics

Served on the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress

Was a leading figure in movement to replace Articles of Confederation

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Alexander Hamilton was another of the key selected delegates

He served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War

He was a lawyer and was in the Continental Congress as well as the Confederation Congress

Hamilton also favored a strong national government

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what was the Virginia Plan and how were representatives chosen?

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what was the Virginia Plan and how were representatives chosen?

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The Virginia Plan called for a new government with three separate branches. Those three branches were the legislative, executive, and judicial.

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The Virginia Plan also provided that all state officers take an oath to support the Union and that each state be guaranteed a republican form of government.

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Representation in each house of branch was to be based either on each State's population or on the amount of money it gave for the support of the Federal government.

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What was the New Jersey plan and how were representatives chosen?

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What was the New Jersey plan and how were representatives chosen?

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The New Jersey Plan was to retain a unicameral, or a government with only one legislative branch, of Congress of the Confederation. With this, each of the States equally represented in Congress. The plan would add closely limited powers to tax and regulate trade between states. The New Jersey Plan also called for a federal executive, or principal units of the executive branch.

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Representation within the states would be equal in Congress. Yet, the choosing of representatives started to create debates that would be repeated and repeated. The two plans, New Jersey and Virginia plan, had several differences and one of them was the disagreement of how the states would be represented. They resolved this disagreement through one of the key compromises from the Framers of the Constitution.

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This compromise was presented to the convention in Philadelphia by delegates Roger Sherman, Oliver Ellsworth, and William Samuel Johnson. The compromise was made in order to end the deadlock between the supporters of the New Jersey and Virginia plans.

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The Connecticut Compromise also proposed to Congress that it should be composed of two houses. In the smaller Senate, States would be represented equally, while in the House the representation would be based on upon the States' population. The Connecticut Compromise was also known as the Great Compromise due to resolving the convention's serious dispute and being favored by the smaller states.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise was based on the agreement of the base the seats of the House by each of the State's population. They questioned whether enslaved people be counted in figuring the populations of the States. Most delegates from southern states agreed that enslaved people be counted as they relied on them for labor, but the northern states opposed this.

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The debate over the question brought the Framers to agree on the Three-Fifths Compromise. The Compromise provided that all "free persons" should be counted and that three fifths of all other persons, meaning slaves, should be counted as well. This compromise was to fix the amount of money raised in each state by direct taxes levied by Congress. Southerns could count enslaved people, but would have to pay for them.

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The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise was proposed to forbid Congress the power to tax the expert of goods from any State. Congress also was forbidden the power the act on the slave trade for a period of 20 years. Congress may not interfere with the migration or importation of such persons. This compromise was created as many southerners were worried Congress would act against the interests of the agricultural South.

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As the Constitution was being debated and spread widely throughout the States, two groups rose from the States. The first was the Federalists who favored the ratification of the Constitution. The Federalists were led by those who attended the Philadelphia convention. Federalists stressed over the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and a new government would overcome the facing the Republic.

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The Anti-federalists opposed the ratification of the Constitution. Anti-Federalists were led by Revolutionary war figures such as John Hancock, Patrick Henry, and Samuel Adams. They attacked nearly every part of the document and worried the presidency could become a monarch. They also worried Congress would become too powerful under the Constitution.

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Role in the Ratification of the Constitution-Virginia

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Role in the Ratification of the Constitution-Virginia

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The process of ratification could not have proceeded without key states New York and Virginia ratifying. Virginia had many debates over the process of ratification. Anti-federalists and federalists argued over ratification. George Washington gave his support for ratification. On the other hand, Thomas Jefferson did not support the process, yet James Madison was able to get Jefferson to support ratification.

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Role in the Ratification of the Constitution-New York

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Role in the Ratification of the Constitution-New York

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New York and its ratifying convention was divided. New York played a key role in the ratification as its approval of the Constitution was necessary for this large commercial State effectively separated New England from the rest of the nation.