Constitution - Week 2 - Young

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United States Constitution

WHAT?

Includes a Bill of Rights to Protect Rights of the Individual

Able to be Amended: Considered a "Living Document"

First 10 Amendments to the Constitution

Created a Strong Central Government and Reserved Powers to the States

Respected Rights of the Minority

Enforced Rule of the Majority

Replaced the Articles of Confederation

A New Document to Establish a Government of the United States

WHO?

Created by the Framers of the Constitution

There were 70 delegates who were nominated, but only 55 attended. Only Rhode Island sent no delegates at all.

George Washington: Presided over the Constitutional Convention

James Madison: "Father of the Constitution"

WHY?

To Replace the Ineffective Articles of Confederation

To Create an Effective Government for the United States

WHEN?

June 1789: The Bill of Rights was Proposed to the House of Representatives

September 1787: Delegates Approve of the Constitution

July 1787: The "Great Compromise" is Created

May 1797: Beginning of the Constitutional Convention

WHERE?

The Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania