The Constitutional Convention
Grove City College president Paul McNulty explained how the meeting of the Constitutional Convention occurred, the significant people at the meeting and the decisions made there.
Description
Grove City College president Paul McNulty explained how the meeting of the Constitutional Convention occurred, the significant people at the meeting and the decisions made there.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What occurred at the Annapolis Convention?
- What was the initial purpose of the Constitutional Convention? What actually occurred?
- What were the roles of the following delegates: Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, James Madison, James Wilson, & Gouverneur Morris.
- What did the Virginia Plan propose?
- What was the Great Compromise? What did address the concerns about the Virginia Plan?
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Alexander Hamilton
- Annapolis Convention
- Articles Of Confederation
- Bicameral
- Connecticut Plan
- Constitutional Convention
- Framer
- George Washington
- Gouverneur Morris.
- James Madison
- James Wilson
- Mandate
- Preamble
- Roger Sherman
- Virginia Plan
- Wordsmith