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WITH THE NATIONS MANY PROBLEMSMANY PEOPLE BEGAN TO CRITICIZE
THE ARTICLES
WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS FEAREDANARCHY & REVOLUTION
THEY CALL FOR A STRONG FEDERALGOVERNMENT!
A MEETING CALLED IN PHILADELPHIATO FIX THE ARTICLES IN 1787
Problems1. National Security2. Stabilize the Economy3. Pay war debt4. Define authority of Federal gov’t
GEORGE WASHINGTON
(CHAIRMEN)
BEN FRANKLIN
JAMES MADISON “FATHER OF THE
CONSTITUTION”
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
What influenced theWhat influenced theFounding Fathers &Founding Fathers &
Enlightenment ideas!Enlightenment ideas!
ALL 13 STATES HAD A CONSTITUTION – USED AS A MODEL FOR FEDERAL GOV’T
POWER OF GOV’T SEPERATED BETWEEN EQUAL BRANCHES
(LEGISLATURE, EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL)
BILL OF RIGHTS FOR CITIZENS
ENGLISH COMMON LAW & THE MAGNA CARTA: LIMITS POWER OF KING
JOHN LOCKE “LIFE, LIBERTY, & PROPERTY”
MONTESQUIEU: SEPERATION OF POWERS
ANCIENT GREEKS & ROMANS (DEMOCRACY & REPUBLIC)
OTHERS
VIRGINIA PLAN (BIG STATE):REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS
BASED ON POPULATION
MORE PEOPLE = MORE REPS =MORE POWER!
MADISON’S (E. RANDOLPH & G. MORRIS) PLAN
NEW JERSEY PLAN (SMALL STATE):REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS
BASED ON ALL STATES BEING EQUAL
EACH STATE GETS THE SAME NUMBER OF VOTES –
EQUAL POWER (W. Paterson)
PLANS COMBINED - BICAMERAL (TWO PART) CONGRESS CREATED
CONGRESS:
HOUSE OF REPS – REP BASED ON POPULATION
SENATE – REP BASED ON ALL EQUAL
SHOULD SLAVES BE COUNTED AS POPULATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPS?
1. SLAVES WOULD BE COUNTED AS 3/5 OF A PERSON.
2. SLAVE TRADE FROM AFRICA MUST END BY 1807
SOUTH “YES” – NORTH – “NO”
SOUTH WANTED A 2/3RD VOTE IN CONGRESS FOR REGULATING
TRADE
NORTH WANTED AN “EXPORT” TAX
BOTH SIDES DROPPED DEMANDS & LET FEDERAL GOV’T REGULATE
COMMERCE
9 STATES HAD TO “RATIFY” THE CONSTITUTION BEFORE IT BECAME
THE LAW OF THE LAND
THIS STARTS A NATIONAL DEBATE“SHOULD THE NEW CONSTITUTION
BE ACCEPTED OR REJECTED”?
ANTI-FEDERALISTS: DID NOT SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION
NO BILL OF RIGHTS –FED GOV’T TOO POWERFUL!
P. HENRYOTHERS
BILL OF RIGHTS (RIGHTS FOR CITIZENS) WAS PROMISED
& ADDED IN 1791
MOST STATES RATIFY & CONSTITUTION BECOMES LAW!