Constitutional Convention
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Shay's Rebellion
- Farmers who are losing their land because of inability to pay taxes resort to violence
Annapolis Convention
- Called to work on trade problems. Only five States attend. Requests a convention to revise Articles of Confederation
- Continental Congress agrees and calls the convention
Convention Format
- Committee of the Whole-votes on recorded and Mr. Gorum presides
- Otherwise-votes recorded and binding and Washington presides
Initial Positions at the Constitutional Convention
- Small States
- Add tax and trade powers to the Articles of Confederation
- One vote per state in both bodies of Congress
- Virginia Plan (Large States)
- Abolish Articles of Confederation
- Both bodies of Congress based on population
- Executive elected by Congress
Compromises Agreed to at the Convention
- House
- Number based on state population
- Count 3/5 of slaves
- Power to originate tax bills
- Senate
- Two Senators per state
- Elected by State Legislatures
- Executive
- Indirect election through Electoral College
- Slavery
- No importation after 1808
- 3/5ths counted for House apportionment
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