Creating the Constitution
Section 3
Important Points
- The Constitutional convention was held in Philadelphia's Independence Hall on May of 1787 to improve the Article of Confederation.
- Benjamin Franklin and James Madison were there. Revolutionary War hero George Washington was elected president of the Convention.
- Compromise Is Reached After a month of debate, the delegates were unable to agree on how states should be represented. The convention reached a deadlock.
- The legisla-tive branch would have two houses.
- The legisla-tive branch would have two houses. Each state, regardless of its size, would have two representatives in the Senate, or upper house.
Compromise Is Reached
- After a month of debate, the delegates were unable to agree on how states should be represented. The convention reached a deadlock.
- Each state, regardless of its size, would have two representatives in the Senate, or upper house.
- Benjamin Franklin and James Madison were there at the righting of the constitution. War hero George Washington was elected president of the Convention.
- The number of representatives for each state would be determined by the state’s population.
- Southern delegates wanted enslaved Africans to be counted as part of their state populations. Northerners disagreed.