Take
5 minutes to review your
notes… POP QUIZ! :)
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No talking
Eyes on your own paper
Raise your hand if you have a question
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Answer in complete sentences.
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Why
did the Founding Fathers come
together and write the Constitution?
 “The
consequence of an inefficient government are
too obvious to be dwelt upon. Thirteen
sovereignties pulling against each other, and all
tugging at the federal head will soon bring ruin on
the whole… Let us have government by which our
lives, liberty, and property will be secured or let us
know the worst at once.” – George Washington
 Why
would the Framers of the Constitution approve
the following rule at the Constitutional Convention
of 1787 if a goal of the Convention was to produce
a Constitution for the United States that would
reflect a representative democratic republic?
 Rule
of secrecy: “That nothing spoken in the house
be printed, or otherwise published or
communicated without leave.”
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Create the following chart in your notes…
Virginia Plan
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New Jersey Plan
Even # partner- Virginia Plan
Odd # partner- New Jersey Plan
Please read your assigned plan description and create a
summary, discussing the major points/differences found in each.
Once both have completed, VERBALLY share your information
with your partner to complete your chart!
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12 states (Rhode Island did not send delegates)
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Each of you will be assigned a state
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Your job is to prepare what you will say when your state is called
upon at the convention.
Use the census to determine your states population and slave
population. Then using what you learned with your partner about
the two plans, decide which your state would choose and why.
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20 minutes
 One
member of your group should record on
the sheet provided the views of each state
(including your own)
 George
state…
Washington will call upon each
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Please answer the following in complete sentences.
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1. How would you summarize the feelings of the various states regarding
their feelings toward the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?
2. In the classroom stimulation, how would you describe the states’
feelings about slavery? Were the states divided? Why?
3. At the Constitutional Convention how did the slave compromises
attempt to settle the different opinions regarding slavery?
4. How did the states feel about representation in Congress? Was there a
noticeable difference on this issue between northern and southern
states? Large and small states?
5. How did the Great Compromise settle differences between the states
who favored the Virginia Plan and those who favored the New Jersey
Plan?
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Read and outline page 145-149