1. As you enter the Room… Pick up the papers from the front of the room
On a scrap of paper answer the following questions:
What was the New Jersey Plan?
What was the Virginia Plan?
What did the Great Compromise do?
What did the 3/5 Compromise do?

2. Ratifying the Constitution

3. Ratification Process To ratify = to approve
Special ratifying conventions held in each state
9 states needed
Took ten months

4. The Federalists Supporters Wanted strong national gov’t
Feared people more than gov’t
George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
The Federalist essays

5. The Antifederalists Critics
Concerned about rights of states and individuals
Feared gov’t more than people
Patrick Henry, Edmund Randolph, John Hancock, Sam Adams

6. Why did the Federalists win?
A.O.C. had failed
Antifederalists had no plan
More organized
Had GW (1st President)

7. One by One Dec. 1787 – Jan. 1788 By June 1788 Summer 1788 Nov. 1789
DE, NJ, CT, GA, PA
By June 1788
MA, MD, SC, NH
Summer 1788
VA, NY
Nov. 1789 NC
May 1790 RI

9. The Bill of Rights 1st ten amendments Added to ensure citizens’ rights
Took effect on Dec. 15, 1791