The Constitution

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The Constitution
By Marla Chandler
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The Constitution was written at a convention held
in Philadelphia in 1787. 55-Delegates attended
the meeting.
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Major Delegates
George Washington Patrick Henry James
Madison George Mason Benjamin
Franklin Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson
John Adams Thomas Paine
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The New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan was a plan to improve the
Articles of Confederation. The Framers from New
Jersey were afraid that the Virginia Plan would
create a national government that they would have
too little power in.
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Virginia Plan
The most important thing to know about the
Virginia plan is that it called for a national
government. The national government would be
composed of three branches legislative,
executive, and judicial. This was the plan
that was chosen.
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The Great Compromise or
Connecticut Compromise

• The House of Representatives would be elected on
  the basis of
• proportional representation
• There would be equal representation of each state
  in the Senate.
• The legislature of each state would select the
  two senators from
• that state

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The Great Compromise
or Connecticut Compromise

• The House of Representatives would be given the
  power to
• develop all bills for taxing and government
  spending. The
• Senate was limited to either accepting or
  rejecting bill but,
• as originally proposed, it could not change them.
  This was later
• changed to permit the Senate to amend money
  bills developed
• in the House.

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• Ratification of Constitution

The Constitution was finally ratified in 1789.
George Washington was soon elected our first
President of the United States.
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The End