https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i By:Massimo Ferrante en-us 2018-11-05 17:58:42 UTC 2018-11-09 14:01:30 UTC hello@padlet.com massimo_ferrante_356 https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/300628323 The Constitutional Convention was written in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1787, with 55 representatives present. The leader of the convention was non other than George Washington. The purpose of the convention was to figure out how many representatives there should be in each state.]]> 2018-11-05 18:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/300628323 massimo_ferrante_356 https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/300630871 Delegates at the convention had a very difficult time deciding how many representatives each state would get in the new Congress. The large states thought that representation should be based on the state's population, while small states believed that every state should be treated equally. This caused a big debate between delegates from large states and small states. Then there was two plans made, the Virginia Plan, and the New Jersey plan. The Virginia Plan thought that the more people the state had, the more power it should have, while the New Jersey Plan thought that every state would be the same. This then takes us to the Great Compromise, where we created a bicameral (2 house) Congress Senate, where every state had equal House of Representatives based on the states population. ]]> 2018-11-05 18:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/300630871 massimo_ferrante_356 https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/301672456 Delegates at the convention were arguing about how slaves should be counted for in the population. The Southern states wanted slaves to count for representations, but not taxes, and the Northern states wanted slaves to count for taxes, but not representatives. This then lead up to the 3/5 compromise, where slaves would count for 3/5 of a person for representation and taxes.]]> 2018-11-07 17:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/301672456 massimo_ferrante_356 https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/301675192 Delegates at the convention disagreed over the issue of trade and its regulation. The North wanted to control trade, but the South worried that the North controlling the trades would hurt their economy. This then leads up to the Commerce Compromise, where the North agreed to wait 20 years to ban slavery]]> 2018-11-07 17:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/301675192 massimo_ferrante_356 https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/301683700 2018-11-07 18:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/301683700 massimo_ferrante_356 https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/301685324 There were two sides to this issue, the Federalists, and the Anti-Federalists. The Federalists wanted a strong, central government, a constitution, and their leader was Alexander Hamilton. The Anti-Federalists wanted a strong state government, were against the constitution and wanted to have a Bill of Rights instead, and their leader was George Mason.]]> 2018-11-07 18:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/massimo_ferrante_356/wh2jatqxk26i/wish/301685324