Preview of Events
1783
1784
September 1786
May 1787
September
1787
Delegates meet to
revise Articles of
Confederation
Rhode Island passes
plan to ends slavery.
Daniel Shays
leads rebellion
Delegates sign draft of
constitution
1789
Chapter 7 sec 2 vocabulary words
Depression- a period when economic activity slowed
and unemployment increased.
Manumission- the freeing of individual enslaved
people, and the state’s population of free Africa
American’s grew.
Proportions- corresponding in size.
Compromise- an agreement between two or more
sides in which each side gives up some of what it
wants.
Shay’s Rebellion
Former Continental Army captain Daniel
Shay led more than 1,000 farmers toward
the federal arsenal in Springfield,
Massachusetts during the January of 1787.
This out burst was in order to get arms and
ammunition. Four of the rebels were killed
followed by Shay and his followers running ,
ending the great out burst.
 Slavery
soon became either outlawed or
heavily taxed in 11 states except South
Carolina and Georgia between 1776 and
1786.This is due to the Revolutionary War
bring attention to the contradiction
going on between America and the battle
for liberty and the practice of slavery.

All though most leaders where satisfied with the individualized
governing of each independent state that resembled the old
colonial government , others saw a need for one national
government. They believed it was the answers to Americas
problems. With that in there minds they demanded a reform of
the Articles of Confederation. Two people who were part of
this movement were James Madison , a Virginia planter, and
Alexander Hamilton, a New York lawyer. First George
Washington was not so enthusiastic about this movement. It
wasn’t till he heard about Shay's Rebellion that he changed his
mind and agreed to attend the Philadelphia convention.
 Although
many helped with the
Constitution, James Madison’s notes were
the major source of information about the
Convention’s work. This is why he is often
referred to as “ The Father of the
Constitution.” All in all he was a remarkable
man who was a big part of our modern day
government.

This is a plan in which instead of revising the Articles if
Confederation they would just get one strong national
government. this was proposed by Edmund Randolph
but was largely the work of James Madison. The plan
called for a two-house legislature, a chief executive
chosen by the legislature, and a and a court system. The
members of the lower house of legislatures would be
elected by the people and the members of the upper
house legislatures would be chosen by the lower house.
Both upper and lower houses would be proportional to
the population of the state.
 This
plan kept the Confederation’s onehouse legislature, with one vote for each
state. Paterson argued that the
confederation shouldn’t deprive the smaller
states of the equality they had under the
Articles. This plan ended up being designed
simply to amend the Articles.
 The
Convention appointed a “grand committee”
to try to resolve their disagreements. Roger
Sherman suggested what came to be known as
the Great Compromise. He proposed a twohouse legislature. The lower house was for the
House of Representatives, the number of
representatives depends on the population. The
upper house holds the Senate each state would
have two members.
George
Mason proposed a bill of
rights to be included in the
Constitution. Most of the delegates
believed that it was listed carefully
enough that they didn’t need to
include the bill of rights. Mason’s
proposal was defeated.
 The
Constitution was finished in the late
summer. On September 17, 1787, the
delegates assembled in the Philadelphia
State House sign the document. Three
delegates refused to sign-Elbridge Gerry,
Edmund Randolph, and George Mason.
Gerry and Mason refused to sign without
the bill of rights being included.
………. Well not really because
America goes on to form a
nice government and ends
up being “The Home of the
Free!!!!!