Discuss the causes of the Constitutional convention and the course of the convention itself. How did the causes of the Convention shape the final product of the Convention?
...o discuss interstate commerce. a) Only five states sent delegates. b) Called another convention in Philadelphia in May 1787 II. Course A. The delegates realize that they needed to write a new Constituion 1. this exceeded their power 2. they wrote the Constitution secretly B. Washington was president of the convention C. Agreed that government should consist of chief executive (president) and legislature (congress) and have a judiciary system. 1. Needed to decide the amount of power each had and how to choose them. 2. Smaller states wanted to retain their power; larger states wanted their power determined by population D. Virginia Plan 1. written by James Madison a) introduced by Edmund Randolph 2. “Large State Plan” a) Bicameral 3. lower house elected by people 4. upper house elected by the lower house 5. both houses would decide president 6. national court system E. New Jersey Plan 1. Introduced by William Patterson 2. “Small State Plan” a) unicameral 3. called for equal representation in government regardless of population 4. mirrored Confederation congress III. Final Product A. The Great Compromise 1. Introduced by delegates from Connecticut 2. bicameral legislature 3. lower house, the House of Representatives a) popularly and directly elected 4. upper house, the Senate a) each state was to have two members (1) elected by state legislatures 5. Chief executive a) Elected by the ...