Road to Constitution Timeline

The Colonies defeat Great Britain in the Revolutionary War. The colonies wanted their rights, to be heard, and wanted to get rid of large taxes.

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The Articles of Confederation is written. It had no executive or judicial system. There was no common currency and there were no taxes or protection for the people and states.

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By this time, the Articles of Confederation is adopted by all of the colonies. It was a 'supervisor' of all the states' activities.

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Alexander Hamilton believes that the Articles of Confederation is weak and he suggests a meeting, scheduled for May 1787, to change and make additions to the Articles of Confederation.

Farmers were angry about the high taxes, the amount of debt they all owed and also the foreclosure. They became violent, were releasing prisoners. There was no way to stop the riot under the Articles of Confederation. It was significant because the people realized that they needed a new government.

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The Bill of Rights is suggested as a way to protect individuals from the government.

White male landowners delegated to Philadelphia and brought many ideas for a change in the Articles of Confederation.

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This plan was suggested by William Patterson who wanted to alter the Articles of Confederation. To keep a unicameral legislature. The smaller states favored this plan because it gave them power.

This was a way of ending the dispute between the smaller and bigger states, when it came to deciding the new government and which plan they would chose. It was made up of 2 house House of Representatives based on population (bigger states) and the Senate ( 1 vote per state - for the smaller states )

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This plan was suggested by James Madison, which included a whole new Bicameral government. A Senate and a House of Representation and an Electoral College. This plan was favored by bigger states because it gave them more power.

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