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STATE GOV’TS -each wrote a Constitution -guaranteed certain rights speech, religion, press ex.- Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom -Representative governments with weak executives -Limited democracy---- most states limited voting to property owners

ARTICLES -unicameral Congress -1 vote per state -very limited powers -distrust of gov’t

WESTERN LANDS -how to settle new lands? -ownership of land -landed ceded to the union for all -Land Ordinance, 1785 divided land into sections for settlement -N.W. Ordinance, 1787 defines statehood and banned slavery in NW territories

STATE CONFLICTS -weak national gov’t -different currencies -trade barriers -border disputes -war debts

WEAKNESSES OF THE ARTICLES -could not tax -hard to enforce laws -could not regulate trade -no executive -no court system

CALL FOR REFORM -state problems -debt -high taxes -Shay’s Rebellion in Massachusetts -Shay’s Rebellion exposed weakness -States call for reform

CONVENTION -May 1787 Philadelphia -12 of 13 states Rhode Island absent -55 Delegates

DECISIONS MADE -rewrite gov’t -1 vote per state -keep meeting a secret -majority rules

ISSUES AT DEBATE -representation large states small states -slavery -economics

VIRGINIA PLAN -James Madison -3 branches -bicameral Congress -population based

NEW JERSEY PLAN -small state plan -equal voting -group executive -Promoted state’s rights

COMPROMISES -Great Compromise House Senate -3/5 Compromise -Slave Trade Compromise

NEW GOV’T -much stronger -power to tax -regulate trade -strong executive -needed 9 of 13 to ratify

RATIFICATION -Federalists -Anti-Federalist -Federalist Papers -supported strong gov’t -written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay -Bill of Rights promised

RATIFICATION -Federalists -Anti-Federalist -Federalist Papers support the new government -Bill of Rights promised