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Constitutional Convention Met in Philadelphia in the summer of
1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation
-55 Delegates (planters, lawyers, generals)
-Also known as the Philadelphia Convention
George Washington
- Unanimously chosen to preside over the meetings
-President of the Constitutional Convention
Virginia Plan (Large States) -Mostly written by
James Madison -called for 2 house
legislature, a chief executive chosen by the legislature and a court system
-representatives would be proportional to population
New Jersey Plan (Small States)
-kept the Confederation’s one-house legislature with one vote for each state
-Congress could set taxes and regulate trade – Powers the AOC did not have before
-Congress would elect a weak executive branch consisting Of more than one person
Three-Fifth Compromise
- Count each enslaved person as 3/5 of a free person for both taxation and representation
Slave Trade
- The slave trade was banned within the North’s borders and wanted to ban it throughout the nation
Bill of Rights
George Mason proposed adding a bill of rights to protect individual liberties, but it was defeated and not added until later