The Constitutional Convention

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The Constitutional Convention

• Men and Issues

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Philadelphia Independence Hall
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MadisonsNotes
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James Madison
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George Washington
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Benjamin Franklin
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Alexander Hamilton
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Not ThereJohn Adams Thomas Jefferson
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Rules of the Convention

• Secrecy
• Select Presiding Officer
• Committee of the Whole
• Repeat Discussion
• Not start with a prayer.

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Major Issues

• Large vs. small states
• Slavery
• Nature of the executive
• Length of terms of office
• Number of representatives
• Taxes based on land or people.

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Major Compromises

• Great Compromise
• No vote on slave trade for 20 years
• 3/5th compromise
• Electoral college
• Representatives per population

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William Paterson
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Last Compromise Number of Representatives per
population

• Number per population
• Original one per 60,000
• Washington one per 30,000
• Total in First Congress
• Madison suggest 130 (or one per 20,000)
• Actual 65
• Total all state legislatures 1787 c.2,000
• Membership today - 435

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Committee on StyleGouverneur Morris
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Setting or Rising Sun?
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Edmund Randolph
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George Mason
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Elbridge Gerry
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Signers Constitution
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