1. Chapter 7
Give Me Liberty

2. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
Established National governments ability to wage war, sign treaties, coin money, run post office
Land Ordinance of 1785
Sale of land
36 sections of one square mile (640 acres)
Land reserved for education (section 16) and veterans (8,11,26 &29)

3. Northwest Ordinance 0f 1787
Land north of Ohio River and East of Miss. River would be open
Between 3 and 5 states
Excluded slavery

4. GREAT COMPROMISE Roger Sherman
Bicameral Congress with House of Reps based on population (VA Plan) and Senate based on one state = one vote (NJ Plan)
Division of powers

5. THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE
Next difficult issue: Slavery
Southern states wanted slaves included in the population figures used to determine Representatives
Northern states which had few slaves, disagreed
Compromise was to count each slave as 3/5ths of a person

6. Changing the Articles Unanimous vote from all 13 colonies to amend AoC
Delegates adopted 9 vote rule
Individual state conventions

7. State Conventions Quickly signed by many (see page 193)
Mass. signed after guarantee of Bill of Rights
9 states ratified by June of 1788 (6 months later)
Officially adopted: June 21st, 1788
Holdouts: VA, NY, NC, RI
Rhode island last in 1790

9. Federalists For Constitution
The separation of powers into three independent branches protected the rights of the people.
A listing of rights can be a dangerous thing.
Hamilton, Adams, and Madison
Controlled the Press

10. Anti -Federalists Anti-federalists Against Constitution
Sam Adams, Henry, Lee
too much power to the national government
There was no bill of rights.
The executive branch held too much power.
Poorest classes

11. Federalist Papers John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton
“Publius”
85 essays on how government would run best
Pro-Constitution
#10 – large republic
#84 – against Bill of Rights
#78 – judicial review

12. Bill of Rights Wrote to appease Anti-Federalists
Drafted by James Madison