What is a compromise Have you ever had to compromise

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What is a compromise?Have you ever had to
compromise?
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Creating the Constitution

• The Constitutional Convention

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The Convention

• Philadelphia
• Fear America will collapse
• 55 delegates from all states except Rhode Island
• Most were middle class
• Many were well educated

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James Madison

• Strong political past
• Helped draft the Articles of Confederation
• Member of Va. Legislature
• Would later become President (1809-1817)

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James Madison

• Believed people are selfish, driven by emotion
  and personal interests
• He Wants to bring out best, restrain worst

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To Amend or Abandon?

• People argued over trying to amend (revise) or
  remove Articles of Confederation
• Madison presented the Virginia Plan

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Virginia Plan

• Bi-cameral national legislature
• Means two houses
• of Representatives based on state population

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Virginia Plan

• 1 Added powers, such as taxing, regulate
  commerce
• 2 Legislature could veto state acts, this scared
  people- too much power!
• 3 Included executive, legislative, and Judicial
  branches
• -Why would large states like this plan?

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Branches of Government

• Executive- President carries out the laws
• Judicial- Supreme Court interprets the laws
• Legislative- Congress (Senate House or Reps.)
  make the laws

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New Jersey Plan

• Small states came up with their own plan
• 1 Congress has power to tax and regulate trade
• 2 Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches
• 3 Each state same voting power in unicameral
  Congress
• -means one house

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New Jersey Plan

• Keeps state governments strong
• Limits power of large states
• Should states with more people
  have more power in Congress?

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Should slaves count as part of a census that is
used to determine the number of representatives,
for the House of Representatives?
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The Great Compromise!Aka the Connecticut
Compromise

• Ben Franklin chairs a committee to bring the two
  sides together
• Roger Sherman of Connecticut presents his idea
• Brings the two plans together

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The Great Compromise!Aka the Connecticut
Compromise

• Senate will have same number of Representatives
  regardless of population
• House will have representatives based on
  population
• Hooray!, right?....nope

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Do slaves count?

• This could give the south great power
• Another compromise, Three-fifths Compromise

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Three-fifths Compromise

• Five slaves actually three slaves, or each
  slaves counts as 3/5 a person
• But no voting rights and excluded from government

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Conclusion

• Most of Virginia Plan passes
• But, Congress cannot veto state acts
• Also
• No taxes on exports
• Cannot end slave TRADE until 1808

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Framework for Limited Government

• Popular Sovereignty-
• Rule by the people through VOTING
• Federalism
• Divided government up
• National/Federal
• State
• Local

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Separation of Powers

• Three branches of government
• Legislative with two houses (bicameral)
• Executive
• Judicial
• No person could serve in more than one branch

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Checks and Balances

• A system to prevent one branch from becoming more
  powerful than the others
• President (Executive)
• Veto, but overridden with 2/3 vote
• Congress (Legislative)
• Impeach
• Supreme Court (Judicial)
• Can remove laws passed by Legislative branch

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