1. The Constitutional Convention

2. How should we set up our Government? The Plan of the Large States
Known as the Virginia Plan
Set up a 3 branch government (a President, a Congress, and federal courts)
Believed that representation in Congress should be based on population
Believed it is fair that states with more people have more votes
Favored by states such as Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia

3. How should we set up our Government? The Plan of the Small States
Known as the New Jersey Plan
Set up a 3 branch government (a President, a Congress, and federal courts)
Believed that each state should b equal like under the Articles of Confederation
Believed that Congress should have the ability to tax and regulate trade
Made small states equal in power to the large states
Favored by Delaware, New Jersey, and Maryland

4. The Compromise on how should we set up our Government
The Compromise on how should we set up our Government? The Great Compromise
The House of Representatives was
based on population
This pleased the states with large
populations =
Number of representatives per state
Pleased the states with small populations
Roger Sherman of Connecticut came
Up with a plan to have a two house
Congress or legislature. It included a
House of Representatives and a Senate

5. How should slaves be counted? The View of the North
The Northern states believed that because slaves could not vote or participate in government at all that they should not count when calculating representation in Congress

6. How should slaves be counted? The View of the South
The Southern states wanted the 550,000 enslaved people to count toward representation to give the South more voting power in the South

7. How should slaves be counted? The 3/5 Compromise
Every 5 enslaved persons would count as 3 free person when calculating the population for the purpose of representation in Congress

8. Should Congress regulate trade? The North’s View
Yes trade should be regulated with foreign countries and between states

9. Should Congress regulate trade? The South’s View
The South felt that trade should not be regulated because it feared taxes on exports
Why? Because they made their money off selling tobacco and rice
They also didn’t want the slave trade stopped because it gave them reduced costs (no labor)

10. Should Congress regulate trade? The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Congress can regulate trade but cannot tax any exports
Congress cannot interfere with the slave trade before 1808

11. How should we choose the President? By the People
People should choose the President by voting
The person with the majority of votes wins.

12. How should we choose the President? Congress should choose
Believed that people were not informed enough to choose the best candidate
Believed that their educated representatives would make informed decisions that were in the best interest of the people

13. How should we choose the President? The Electoral College
A group of people that choose the President for a state
Step one- People vote
Step two- Electors are chosen based on number of votes
Step three- The winner of the most electors wins all the electors for that state
Example- NC has 13 electors, Bush received all 13 of NC electors in election

14. English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights 1689 is largely a statement of certain positive rights that its authors considered that citizens and/or residents of a constitutional monarchy ought to have. It asserts the Subject's right to petition the Monarch and the Subject's right to bear arms for defense. It also sets out certain constitutional requirements where the actions of the Crown require the consent of the governed as represented in Parliament.

15. Provisions of the English Bill of rights
The king or queen could not cancel laws or impose taxes, unless Parliament agreed.
Free elections and frequent meetings of Parliament, must be held.
Excessive fines and cruel punishment were forbidden.
People had the right to complain to the king or queen in Parliament without being arrested.

16. Magna Carta
A document called the Magna Carta, created in England in 1215, limited powers of the King. Over time, the rights it listed were guaranteed to all English people.

17. Magna Carta
Magna Carta is an English charter originally issued in It was the most significant early influence on the extensive historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today. Magna Carta influenced many common law documents and others, such as the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, and is considered one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy.