Delegates felt it was duty to work hard and quickly
Wanted to avoid a state of anarchy
Question not if but how much government
Finalized Sept. 16, 87
No documentation till 1840
Convention opposed by state governments
Virginia Plan
Bicameral Nat'l Legislature
Lower house, elected by the people
House of Representatives
Upper house, elected by the state legislature
Senate
Judiciary Branch/Supreme Court with lower courts
Executive chosen by legislature for seven year term.
People complained featured to much central gov
NJ Plan
Upper house had equal representation despite size
Congressional power to regulate foreign and domestic trade
Great compromise, Roger Sherman, CT
Upper house
Equal representation
Lower house
Proportional, populatioin based
Census every ten years
Slave population?
Slaves count as 3/5
Congress promised not to make laws regarding slavery for 20 years
Elect President every 4 years
39/55 Delegates signed
2/3 needed
16 who oppose it are anti-federalists
Ones who want rights for states
Individual rights
Bill of rights
Federalists more influential than anti-federalists
Most famous is Alexander Hamilton
Centralized bank
James Madison
Anti-Federalists
T. Jefferson
George Mason
Federalists were great essayists
Federalist Papers
2nd Place in presidential run became VP
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