US Constitution Chapter 3

George Washington

Roger Sherman

Benjamin

Franklin

Thomas

Madison

ratification

Federalist

Anti-federalists

amending

Benjamin Franklin

James Madison

Edmund Randolph

William Paterson

Abraham Lincoln

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

George Washington

Federalists

Edmund Randolph

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Eddison

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

Federalists_

was not allowed to regulate commerce.

Negotiation of Commercial treaties

create a new constitution.

Power is divided between the national and state governments.

Supporters of the new Constitution included large landowners who wanted the property protection an effective federal government could provide. Supporters also included merchants and artisans living in large coastal cities. The inability of the Confederation Congress to regulate trade had hit these citizens hard. They believed that an effective federal government which could impose taxes on foreign goods would help their businesses.

After the Revolutionary War, British merchants flooded the United States with inexpensive British goods, driving many American artisans out of business. The states wanted to fight back by restricting British imports. Because the Congress could not impose trade restrictions that would apply to all states, the states imposed their own duties and taxes on imported goods. Often these rules varied from state to state

The Virginia Plan was a detailed plan for a strong national government that would replace the Confederation Congress. The plan called for a national government with three branches: a legislative branch, an executive branch, and a judicial branch. The national legislature would be divided into two houses in which the states would be represented in proportion to their population. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention voted to base their deliberations on the Virginia Plan. A

None of these

adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution.

to explain how the Constitution worked and why it was neede

the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

large states and small states over representation in Congress.

Federalists.

or state governments would be supreme.

Power is divided between the national and state governments.

Western farmers far from the coast