Constitutional Convention

Constitutional Convention

There was a lot of disagreeing

Should they keep the articles of Confederation?

Smaller states like Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Jersey wanted to keep the articles, because they knew that the big states would have all the population and clout if there was to be a national government. They did not want to lose their sovereignty. The south did not want a national government, because they felt that a national government would challenge their livelihood involving slavery.

Poll

What was the first thing that the makers of the Constitution did not agree on?

• To fix the articles or replace them?

• Whether big states were better than small states.

• Whether small states were better than big states.

• How the articles of confederation were awesome.

A new Constitution was agreed upon because of war they all needed to be united. They felt that divided they would fall.

They could not agree on the Legislature.

Small states wanted equal representation.

Large states wanted representation based on population.

Poll

The Virginia Plan favored...

• Large states because it was all based on population.

• Small states because it was based on population.

• Small states because the king had all of the power .

Poll

The New Jersey Plan favored...

• Small states because it promised equal representation.

• Large states because it promised population based decisions.

• The small states because it promised population based legislatures.

• The large states because presidents make all of the decisions.

The Connecticut Compromise

It was determine that there would be two houses in Congress a House and a Senate.

The House would population based to favor large states, and the Senate would be 2 equal representatives to favor small states.

Poll

What is a compromise?

• Everyone wins

• Everyone loses something to gain together.

• All sides give up

• All sides go on facebook and cry about the other side.

No one agrees on slavery.

The northern states mostly because of religion disagree on slavery, and want slavery abolished. The southern states want to keep slaves and have them count for the population of the house of representatives.

3/5's compromise

The South agrees to have the slave trade abolished in 1808.

The North agrees to let slaves count as 3/5's a person for the population based legislature of the House.

Poll

Government must compromise to...

• function for the greater good.

• To get themselves wealthy

• At the expense of minority rights.

• To punish majority rights.

• To make themselves seem important.

Conclusion

Our government had to compromise in order to form, and in order to function. Given the state of affairs currently do you see much in the way of compromise. Could you do better?