Constitutional Convention Continued…

Main Idea: What was decided at the Constitutional Convention?
Who could control/regulate trade?
/ Congress would have power to regulate trade with ______, amongst the states and with Native Americans
Congress can tax ______
Congress NOT allowed to tax ______
______economy is based on exports of tobacco, cotton etc.
Congress would not regulate the ______for at least ______years – until 1808
How would slaves be counted in the country’s population?
/ Disagreement on how to count ______as part of population for the purpose of ______and ______
______ wanted slaves counted as population for representation but ______taxation
______ wanted slaves counted for taxation but not ______
Three-Fifths Compromise
Every______slaves would count as ______free persons when calculating population for taxation and for representation

How would the Constitution be approved by the country? / Article VII - Ratification
The Ratification of the Conventions of ______States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
Some people like the Constitution and some people DON’T! / New Hampshire ratifies ______making the Constitution officially the new government, but…
Big fight in both ______and ______, the 2 largest states (population), over ratification
Each convention has large groups of ______ delegates
The Federalist Papers- essays in favor of the Constitution. / ______starting in October 1787
85 total ______published ______under the name PUBLIUS in New York
Intended to ______support from ratification delegates to New York convention
Book form published in ______
Scholars believe that ______wrote 52, ______wrote 28, and ______5 of the essays
Still used today to ______what the writers of the Constitution meant
Anti-Constitution = Anti-Federalist / Patrick Henry
Leading ______from Revolution
He had ______to attend the Constitutional Convention
“I smell a ______”
Led the fight ______ratification in Virginia
George Mason
Wrote the Virginia ______of Rights (Virginia’s version of the bill of rights) in 1776
Attended the Constitutional Convention but ______to sign the final document
George Washington becomes the first President of the USA! / George ______becomes the nation’s first President on April 30, 1789
Why was the “Bill of Rights” added to the Constitution?
/ ______process - Process to make changes to the constitution as the needs of the country changed
______– first ten amendments to the constitution were created as the “______”
Amendment Process
______(Introduced) in Congress
______Congress vote yes
______state legislatures vote yes = APPROVED