Welcome to Civics and Economics!

Roll Call Question: What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

Mental FlossQuestions:1. Why do we consider

the Articles of Confederation weak?

2. How are the VA Plan and NJ plan different?

3. The passing of the 3/5 Compromise (slavery) would benefit what kind of states?

Vocab:• No new vocab

today!!!

Objective:• Identify the

compromises debated at the Constitutional Convention.

Weaknesses of the Articles• One branch of federal

government - legislative• It was hard to pass a law or

change the Articles• No power to collect taxes • No central leader or federal law

Southern States and those States with larger slave populations

VA – bicameral Congress, rep based on populationNJ – unicameral Congress, equal representation

Housekeeping• Collect Declarations• Pass out quizzes and anything else turned in so far• For future reference• Mental Floss – Complete sentences that restate the question. I should

be able to know what the question was by reading your answer. • Next time, if you fail to do this, the highest you will get is a 75.

• Overall – If I can’t read it, I can’t grade it• Quizzes – If you do not follow instructions, I cannot help you• Write the answer for MC • Correct the underlined word

• No Name, No Credit

Date Essential Question Key Vocab I need to Review: Reflection Quiz Grade

Mastery on Test

8/31 1.1 to identify the English documents that

influences American colonial government

Magna Carta

English Bill of Rights

Expert (6/6)

Practitioner (5/6)

Apprentice (4/6)

Novice (3/6 or less)4/6 Y / N

8/31 1.2 Identify Enlightenment theories

that have impacted significant American

Documents

Declaration and Thomas Jefferson (justify revolution)

Expert (5/5)

Practitioner (4/5)

Apprentice (3/5)

Novice (2/5 or less)

4/5 Y / N

8/31 1.3 To identify the causes of the American

Revolution

Thomas Paine

Navigation Acts

Boston Tea Party

Intolerable Acts

Mercantilism

Expert (10/10)

Practitioner (9/10)

Apprentice (8/10)

Novice (7/10 or less)6/10 Y / N

Do not com

plete yet

Reminders • First Test•Wednesday, September 9th• 32 Multiple Choice and 2 Short Answer (must use

complete sentences!)• Unit 1 Study Guide/Glossary: Download it from Ms.

Marquez’s Website if you need it• Unit 1 PPTs are also on the website• Unit 1 Mental Floss and Quizzes can also be used to

study

Plans & CompromisesA. Virginia Plan

1. James Madison the main contributor2. Bicameral (two houses) Congress3. Representation by population

B. New Jersey Plan1. Similar to Articles2. One house congress 3. Equal Representation by state

Analyzing the 1790 Census

1. List the states from most populous to least populous

2. Circle the top 5 most populous, bottom 5 least populous

3. How do you think these two groups would want representation decided in Congress?

State Total Population Slave PopulationConnecticut 237,946 2,764Delaware 59,096 8,887Georgia 82,548 29,264Maryland 319,728 103,036Massachusetts 378,787 0New Hampshire 141,885 158New Jersey 184,139 11,423New York 340,120 21,324North Carolina 141,885 100,572Pennsylvania 434,373 3,737Rhode Island 68,825 948South Carolina 249,073 107,094Virginia 691,737 292,627

1790 Census Data

• 1. Virginia• 2. Pennsylvania • 3. Massachusetts • 4. New York• 5. Maryland• 6. South Carolina

• 7. Connecticut• 8. New Jersey • 9. North Carolina• 10. New Hampshire• 11. Georgia• 12. Rhode Island• 13. Delaware

Great Compromise = Connecticut Compromise1. Two house Congress2. House of Representatives

1. Based on Population2. VA Plan

3. Senate1. Equal representation2. NJ Plan

Three-Fifths Compromise1. Southern states wanted slaves to count

toward population for representation2. Every slave would count as 3/5ths of a person

Slave Trade and Commerce1. North: Congress to

control all trade2. South: was afraid of

congress taxing exports and stopping importing slaves

3. Compromise: Congress control trade, not tax exports, and slave trade end in 1808

Electoral College1. Congress or people decide president?2. Compromise: state legislatures pick through electoral

college3. Now: Each state gets votes based on number of total

representatives in Congress

Compromises of the Constitutional Convention • Independently or with a partner use your Graphic Organizer to organize the various compromises made at the Constitutional Convention •Use your own words to describe each compromise

Compromises of the Constitutional Convention

Issue What do they Want?

Compromise What Do they Want?

Rep in Congress Small States:Equal representationUnicameral

New Jersey Plan

The Great Compromise - Bicameral- Senate = Equal

representation- House - Votes based on

population

Large States:Representation by populationBicameral

Virginia Plan

Sample

Constitutional Convention Simulation • You will all represent one of the 12 states to attend the convention • We will read the background narrative together• You and your fellow delegates will congregate and complete the

“Letter From James Madison” handout• You will then present to the class your findings • The rest of the class will keep track of this data by filling out the “Tally

Sheet”

Story Time

Groups

•New Hampshire – 1 & 2•New York – 3, 4 & 5•Massachusetts – 6, 7 & 8 •Maryland – 9, 10 & 11•North Carolina – 12, 13 & 14•South Carolina – 15, 16 & 17

Groups

•Pennsylvania – 18, 19, 20 & 21•New Jersey – 22 & 23•Delaware –24 & 25•Virginia – 26, 27, 28 & 29•Georgia – 30, 31, & 32•Connecticut – 33, 34, & 35

Welcome to Independence Hall!

Let’s Fill Out Our CC Charts

1790 Census InformationState Total Population Slave PopulationConnecticut 237,946 2,764Delaware 59,096 8,887Georgia 82,548 29,264Maryland 319,728 103,036Massachusetts 378,787 0New Hampshire 141,885 158New Jersey 184,139 11,423New York 340,120 21,324North Carolina 141,885 100,572Pennsylvania 434,373 3,737Rhode Island 68,825 948South Carolina 249,073 107,094Virginia 691,737 292,627

Quiz/Test Prep

•Stick with your Constitutional convention teams• I will give you a white board, marker and wipe •You and your teammates must work together to answer the following questions

Words to Know• Natural Rights• Social Contract Theory • Popular Sovereignty • Separation of Powers • Boston Tea Party • Intolerable Acts• Thomas Paine • Declaration of

Independence • Bicameral

• Confederation• Articles of Confederation• Shay’s Rebellion • Constitutional Convention • Virginia Plan • New Jersey Plan • Great Compromise• 3/5 Compromise• Electoral College

Question

•This Document limited the power of the British Monarch

Answer

•Magna Carta

Question

•This theory states the governments are created as an agreement between the people and those in power

Answer

•Social Contract Theory

Question

•This Compromise benefited states with large Slave populations

Answer

•3/5 Compromise

Question

• John Locke developed the concept of …

Answer

•Natural Rights - Life, Liberty & Property

Question

• “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”

•What document did this quote come from?

Answer

•Declaration of Independence

Question

•Baron de Montesquieu developed which enlightenment concept?

Answer

•Separation of Powers

Question

•One result of this event was that Britain was left in serious debt

Answer

•French & Indian War

Question

•This was America’s First Constitution. It proved to be far too weak to last

Answer

•Articles of Confederation

Question

• Explain the Quartering Act.

Answer

• Forced colonists to take in British Soldiers – feed and clothe them

Question

•Britain instated the Intolerable Acts because of this event

Answer

•Boston Tea Party

Question

•Thomas Paine wrote this. It made the case for American Independence from Great Britain

Answer

•Common Sense

Question

• In what two ways does GB rely on the colonies in order to make mercantilism work?

Answer

• Source of raw materials •Market to sell finished goods

Question

•What were 2 of the 3 purpose of the Declaration?

Answer

• Tell Parliament we were leaving• Tell other Countries•Boost troop and citizen morale

Question

• What is Due Process?

Answer

•Following established legal procedures to ensure your rights ar maintained

Question

•This Plan of Government called for a bicameral congress and benefited states with larger populations

Answer

•Virginia Plan

Question

•What kind of states were scared to let Congress control trade?

Answer

•Southern States

Question

•What kind of state would have wanted the New Jersey Plan?

Answer

• States with small populations

Question

• What was the significance of the navigation acts?

Answer

• Forced colonists to buy only British goods

Question

• Why would MA be against the 3/5 Compromise?

Answer

• They had 0 slaves and therefore it would not benefit votes in the house

Question

• What does the term boycott mean?

Answer

• Refusing to buy goods

Question

• What are the first battles of the revolution?

Answer

• Lexington and Concord

Question

• What do we mean when a court follows or uses a precedent to decide a case?

Answer

• Using previous similar court cases to make a decision

SPLAT!!!!Declaration of Independence

Unicameral Shay’s Rebellion

3/5 Compromise

Social Contract Theory

Virginia Plan Natural Rights Baron de Montesquieu

Boston Tea Party

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Separation of Powers

Articles of Confederation

Common Sense Electoral College

New Jersey Plan

Intolerable Acts

Great Compromise

John Locke James Madison Bicameral

Let’s Wrap it Up

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO7FQsCcbD8