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1 Creating a Constitution
The Plan: Creating a Constitution

2 The Players:

3 James Madison George Washington

4 Alexander Hamilton Benjamin Franklin

5 Edmund Randolph Pierce Butler

6 John Dickinson Elbridge Gerry

7 William Paterson Luther Martin

8 and… Gov. Morris George Mason Patrick Henry

9 The Meeting: Who: The aforementioned citizens, as well as some others.
Where: Philadelphia, PA What: A meeting of key citizens of the colonies. Why: To discuss and draft a Constitution. When: The summer of 1787.

10 Virginia Plan vs New Jersey Plan

11 Bicameral legislature (one house with representation by population, one with equal representation for each state), executive branch, deadline for abolition of slavery, Bill of Rights, option to amend the Constitution in the future. Bicameral legislature (one house with representation by population, one with equal representation for each state), executive branch, deadline for abolition of slavery, Bill of Rights, option to amend the Constitution in the future. Bicameral legislature (one house with representation by population, one with equal representation for each state), executive branch, deadline for abolition of slavery, Bill of Rights, option to amend the Constitution in the future. Bicameral legislature (one house with representation by population, one with equal representation for each state), executive branch, deadline for abolition of slavery, Bill of Rights, option to amend the Constitution in the future. Bicameral legislature (one house with representation by population, one with equal representation for each state), executive branch, deadline for abolition of slavery, Bill of Rights, option to amend the Constitution in the future. Bicameral legislature (one house with representation by population, one with equal representation for each state), executive branch, deadline for abolition of slavery, Bill of Rights, option to amend the Constitution in the future. Bicameral legislature (one house with representation by population, one with equal representation for each state), executive branch, deadline for abolition of slavery, Bill of Rights, option to amend the Constitution in the future. Bicameral legislature (one house with representation by population, one with equal representation for each state), executive branch, deadline for abolition of slavery, Bill of Rights, option to amend the Constitution in the future. Bicameral legislature (one house with representation by population, one with equal representation for each state), executive branch, deadline for abolition of slavery, Bill of Rights, option to amend the Constitution in the future. What was The Outcome?


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