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Title: THE FOUNDERS ON FREEDOM


1
THE FOUNDERS ON FREEDOM
  • THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
  • AND
  • THE MEN WHO MADE IT

2
A RESPONSIVE DOCUMENT
  • Born out of necessity
  • Shays Rebellion
  • Pennsylvania Constitution of 1783
  • Early Nationalist Sentiments
  • Alexander Hamilton
  • James Madison
  • Annapolis Convention

3
THE FOUNDING FATHERS
  • Perhaps more surprising who isnt there
  • Jefferson Adams not present
  • 55 of Americas most prominent men
  • Alexander Hamilton
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • James Madison
  • Governour Morris

4
A NEW GOVERNMENT
  • Proposals
  • Hamiltons Plan
  • Virginia Plan
  • New Jersey Plan

5
LIMITS OF GOVERNMENT
  • A conservative document
  • Separation of Powers
  • Federalism
  • The Slavery Debate
  • Fugitive Slave Act
  • Slave Trade
  • 3/5 Compromise

6
BATTLE OVER THE BILL OF RIGHTS
  • The Final document
  • The Federalist
  • Hamilton, Madison, Jay
  • Anti-Federalists
  • Demand Bill of Rights

7
CONCLUSIONS
  • Was it fame?
  • Was it republicanism?
  • Was it economics?
  • What drove these men to become The Founding
    Fathers?
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