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-Farmers suffered
-British blocked the Caribbean trade
-There was a shortage of currency
-The country was in major debt

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-Farmers' land was taken from them by the government to pay off the debt
-Some farmers became very angry and took a stand led by Daniel Shays
-Over 1,000 farmers marched toward Springfield, Massachusetts's arsenal to get weapons
-The state militia shot 4 people during the protest
-The rebellion scared many people and made them wonder if the government could control violence

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Is slavery against the liberty of the people?
-Even though there was still discrimination, Northerners outlawed slavery
-Southerners feared their economy would fail if they freed the slaves, so they kept them captive

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-The goal of the convention was to plan a strong national government
-Some of the people present were George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Wilson, Edmund Randolph, and James Madison

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-Edmund Randolph presented the idea
-The plan called for a bicameral government with an upper and lower house
-There would also be a chief executive chosen by the legislature and a court system
-The lower house would be elected by the people while the upper house would be chosen by the lower house
-The number of representatives for each state would be proportional to the population
-They ended up choosing this idea as their new government plan

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-They wanted a unicameral house
-They wanted one vote for each state
-They didn't want to implement something new but instead reform the Articles of Confederation

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-Should slaves be allowed representation?
-How will they have fair representation?
-One compromise was that they would have two houses, but that each state would have exactly two members in the upper house or the Senate
-Three-Fifths Compromise was made, stating that 5 enslaved Africans equaled 3 free people
-Northerners didn't want enslaved people to be represented because they were property, while Southerners wanted them to be counted because they would add to their population
-Neither side wanted slaves to be able to vote
-9 of the 13 states had to vote for the Constituion
-After the Bill of Rights was added, all 13 states voted for the Constitution