The Constitutional Convention The Framers Create the Constitution

The Constitutional Convention The Framers Create the Constitution May-Sept. 1787

The Framers 55 Delegates sent from 12 of the 13 states 2. No Rhode Island 3. Announced only to “amend” the Articles of Confederation 1.

Organization and Structure 1. 1 st purpose = revise Art. Of Conf. 2. Then agreed to create a new Government

No Press—Shhh…it’s a Secret!!! 1. No reporter allowed in. 1. Kept everything secret 1. Allow the Framers to speak freely

Virginian Edmund Randloph 1. Immediately proposes 3 branches of government 1. The Articles must then be thrown out

The Virginia Plan 1. Provisions 3 Branches of Gov’t 2. Separation of Powers 3. Checks and Balances 1.

The Virginia Plan Representation in House based upon population or $ given to Gov. 2. Senate chosen from House representatives. 3. Congress would choose President and Judicial Branch. 4. Small states found it to radical 1.

The New Jersey Plan Provisions 2. Equal representation in Congress no mater state population. 3. Tax and regulate trade among states. 4. Executive branch was to be more then 1 person 5. Judicial would be 1 supreme person deciding. 6. Its REJECTED! 1.

Compromises

The Connecticut Compromise 1. 2. 3. 4. Congress made up of two houses Senate – equally House – based upon pop. State Benefits � Small and Large States are both represented the way they wished Called Great Compromise

The 3/5 Compromise 1. Provisions 1. 2. Slaves equal 3/5 a person for census purposes State Benefits 1. Slave states receive more representation in House of Representatives Anti-Compromise Poster from 1787

Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise 1. Provisions � No Tax on Exports � Importation of Slaves legal until 1808 2. State Benefits � Allowed slavery, but restricted its future � 9/17/1787 Constitution is created. � Constitutional convention