Writing the Constitution

What was the Articles of Confederation?

• It was the name of the Constitution before the Bill of Rights was added.

• It was the first set of rules for the new Country.

• It was a set of grammatical articles that people used in the 1700's and people no longer used.

• It was the first set of the Bill of Rights.

What was wrong with the Articles of Confederations?

• Nothing. They were perfect for the late 1700's society.

• The king had too much power compared to the power the parliament had.

• Central government was too powerful and it restricted the single States' freedom.

• Central government was too weak and it didn't provide for a well-to-do Nation.

What happened in My 1787?

• The people of Philadelphia rebelled against the central Government.

• Delegates returned to Philadelphia to destroy the Declaration of Independence. They wanted to go back to England.

• Delegates returned to Philadelphia to change the Articles of Confederation.

• Delegates returned to Washington to write a new Constitution.

Some of the delegates had no intention to ameliorate the Articles of Confederation. They wanted to write a Constitution.

• True

• False

• We can't know, yet.

Explain the differences between the Virginia and the New Jersey plans.

What did the Great Compromise decided, regarding representatives?

• There were going to be two houses. Each state would have had one delegate for the Senate and one for the House of Representatives.

• There were going to be one house. Each state could sent three delegates.

• There were going to be two houses. Each state would send the same number of delegates to the Senate. The delegates each state sent to the House of Representatives would be determined by its population.

• There were going to be two houses. Each state would send the same number of delegates to the House of Representatives. The delegates each state sent to the House of Representatives would be one

Explain the system of checks and balances.

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Look at how the Magna Charta and the Constitution begin. What is the main, big difference?