THE FOUNDERS ON FREEDOM

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THE FOUNDERS ON FREEDOM

• THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
• AND
• THE MEN WHO MADE IT

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A RESPONSIVE DOCUMENT

• Born out of necessity
• Shays Rebellion
• Pennsylvania Constitution of 1783
• Early Nationalist Sentiments
• Alexander Hamilton
• James Madison
• Annapolis Convention

3
THE FOUNDING FATHERS

• Perhaps more surprising who isnt there
• Jefferson Adams not present
• 55 of Americas most prominent men
• Alexander Hamilton
• Benjamin Franklin
• James Madison
• Governour Morris

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A NEW GOVERNMENT

• Proposals
• Hamiltons Plan
• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan

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LIMITS OF GOVERNMENT

• A conservative document
• Separation of Powers
• Federalism
• The Slavery Debate
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Slave Trade
• 3/5 Compromise

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BATTLE OVER THE BILL OF RIGHTS

• The Final document
• The Federalist
• Hamilton, Madison, Jay
• Anti-Federalists
• Demand Bill of Rights

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CONCLUSIONS

• Was it fame?
• Was it republicanism?
• Was it economics?
• What drove these men to become The Founding
  Fathers?