Call to Freedom

Chpt. 8.2 (pp. 228-233) Guided Notes – “Creating the Constitution – Questions” Glue onto Page: ______

1. Why did Alexander Hamilton want the states to send representatives to the convention? ______

2. How did Shays’s Rebellion change most Americans’ minds about the need for a convention? ______

3. In what city was the Constitutional Convention held? ______

4. How many states and delegates participated in the Constitutional Convention? # of States: ______# of Delegates: ______

5. Name 4 of the Revolutionary leaders who attended the Constitutional Convention. v ______v ______v ______v ______

6. Name two others who were not present: v______v______

7. What three groups were not invited to the Constitutional Convention? v______v______v______

8. Who did the delegates elect to be president of the Convention? ______

9. Complete the following chart about the Great Compromise: v The Virginia Plan proposed a legislature that v The New Jersey Plan proposed a legislature that included: included:

v Who supported the Virginia Plan? v Who supported the New Jersey Plan?

v How did the Great Compromise solve this problem?

10. Describe the Three-Fifths Compromise. ______