Constitutional Convention of 1787 by Sloka Chaluvadi https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id en-us 2018-11-06 16:08:03 UTC 2018-11-06 16:40:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Background Info of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 sloka_chaluvadi_254 https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301061288 The meeting took place in 1787 in Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. George Washington was the president of the meeting, and there was an attendance of 55 delegates. The purpose of the convention was to draft a new constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation for the United States to run on. ]]> 2018-11-06 16:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301061288 Constitutional convention: Took place in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. sloka_chaluvadi_254 https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301065682 2018-11-06 16:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301065682 Large states vs Small states sloka_chaluvadi_254 https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301066264 The debate was on the topic of number of representatives each state got. The Virginia plan was in favor of the large states and suggested that the amount of representatives should be based off of state population. The New Jersey plan was in favor of the small states and suggested that every state should have the same amount of representatives in congress. To resolve this issue, they came up with The Great Compromise. This is what America still runs on today. It is a system where there are two houses in congress. The senate, would have two senators per state, no matter its size. The House of Representatives on the other hand, would be based off of population and there would be 435 representatives from that house. Put together, congress consisted of 535 state representatives.]]> 2018-11-06 16:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301066264 How would slaves be counted in the population sloka_chaluvadi_254 https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301070540 The south wanted to count slaves towards their population, so they could have more representation, but not towards taxes. The north wanted the south to count their slaves towards their taxes, but not towards representation. To resolve this issue, Congress came up with the 3/5 compromise. In this compromise, both sides got what they wanted, because they declared that only 3 out of every 5 slaves in the south would be counted towards their taxes as well as their population.]]> 2018-11-06 16:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301070540 Trade- North vs South sloka_chaluvadi_254 https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301076326 The issue was that Congress couldn't decide who should control trade: the federal government or the individual states. The compromise they came up with was the Commerce Compromise. This is where the congress assumed that the slave trade would die out, so they decided not to address it. The next time they spoke about slaves was after about 20 years. ]]> 2018-11-06 16:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301076326 Power of national government sloka_chaluvadi_254 https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301080788 There were two more groups that were arguing about this topic. The federalists and the antifederalists. The federalists were supporting the new constitution and the antifederalists were against a new constitution. ]]> 2018-11-06 16:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sloka_chaluvadi_254/g347y3z214id/wish/301080788