Ch 6. Forming a New Government

True/False: The Articles of Confederation were weak

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What was the Constitutional Convention?

• The first plan of government

• Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation

• Meeting to create the first plan of government

• A convention to stop the Revolutionary War

The Virginia plan was...

• Each state has the same number of representatives

• Each state has representatives based off of population

• 3/5 of Slaves counts towards population

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

The New Jersey plan was...

• Each state has the same number of representatives

• Each state has representatives based off of population

• 3/5 of Slaves counts towards population

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CCSS.RI.5.2

The Great Compromise

• Created two houses/chambers (House of Representatives and Senate)

• 3/5 of slaves counted as population

• First plan of government

• Representatives based on population

Federalists supported

• States having more power than Federal/Central/Nation government

• Federal/Central/Nation government having more power than the states

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CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.8

Anti-federalists supported

• States having more power than Federal/Central/Nation government

• Federal/Central/Nation government having more power than the states

What are weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

• No King

• 9/13 states had to agree on a law

• No president

• No court system to support states

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.W.5.9A

Ratify means

• Approval

• Changes

• Cancel

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What will the Bill of Rights

• Individual rights that cannot be taken away by the government

• Approval to the Constitution

• Federalist papers to convince readers to approve constitution

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5