3 the constitutional convention begins
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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?
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”
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