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Creating the Constitution
Creating the Constitution Compromises Representation in Congress How to count slaves? The slave trade and runaway slaves Great Compromise: Senate (2) represents the states South: count as people =more representation North: count as property=more taxes 3/5 Compromise: count only 3 out of every 5 slaves as a person Commerce Compromise: Congress could not interfere with slave trade for 20 years Runaway slaves must be returned House of Representatives: (population) represents the people Who will head the new government? James Wilson: single executive Edmund Randolph: 3-member executive President limit term to 4 years to prevent "king-like" behavior Choosing the chief The people? Would only elect someone from their own state The Congress? "the president must not be made a flunky of Congress!" - Delegate Governeur Morris A special group of electors? One that could look beyond state interests and make a wise choice for the country The Electoral College Not the people, not Congress, but a special group called the Electoral College will elect the government's leaders. Electors cast votes to elect the president and vice president every four years. Number of senators + reps in the House of Representatives = # of electors for your state People vote to instruct their electors to vote for the same candidate. Electors then cast their ballots for president & VP Winner takes all electoral votes The electoral college There are currently 538 total votes in the Electoral College and a presidential candidate must win a majority -- 270 -- electoral votes to be elected. Approving the Constitution Framers decided the constitution should be ratified by 9 of the 13 states before it could go into effect. September 17, 1787 The Constitution was ready for signing Not all delegates signed it some said it did not protect the rights of the people "I have the happiness to know that it is a rising, and not a setting sun." Ben Franklin confessed that he had often looked at the sun carved on the back of George Washington's chair and wondered if it was about to rise, or about to set. A new day was dawning for the United States Bringing it to the people Newspapers in every state printed it Federal government: a strong national government that would share power with the states. Federalists Supporters of the Constitution Constitution would unite states into a single republic James Madison Alexander Hamilton John Jay Pointed out to the public that the powers of the federal government would be strictly limited and divided among three branches to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful Anti-Federalists Opponents to the Constitution Congress would ruin the country with taxes President had too much power Missing from the Constitution: a list of the rights of the people and state powers Now the people must decide
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