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Unit I Lesson 3 The Constitutional Convention Begins

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Unit I Lesson 3

The Constitutional Convention Begins

Essential Questions:

•What are the origins of American government?

•What type of government was established at the Constitutional Convention of 1789?

•How was our government shaped by the historical situation at the time and the philosophical tradition that influenced the framers of the constitution?

“Shays Rebellion”

Revise

“The Founding Fathers”

“The U.S. Constitution”

Federalists- Those who wanted to abandon the Articles of Confederation and create a new and stronger central

government under the U.S. Constitution

Madison

Adams

Unanimous

Washington

Franklin

“Federalists”

Anti-Federalists- Those who feared a stronger national government and believed the U.S. Constitution would take

away states’ rights and threaten citizens’ freedoms

George Mason

Rufus King

Thomas Jefferson

Patrick Henry

“Give me liberty or give me death!”

“For the sole and express purpose of revising the

Articles of Confederation”

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

Federalists

Anti-Federalists

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Jefferson

Mason King

Federalists

Federalists

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