Founding Fathers Creating Constitution
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- Rather than fixing this government I feel we should create a new one. -James Madison1
- I agree with you. Just fixing the government won't do any justice we need to start fresh. -Alexander Hamilton2
- I will not fail you. I will do my best and we will do this together.6
- May 14th-September 17,1787
- The articles does need some fixing though.3
- They need more than fixing they need to be rewritten.4
- We are here because of the agreement we came to in the last meeting. George Washington we have elected you to be the president of this convention5
- Everyone in the house of representatives are arguing because they can't agree on anything.7
- I have a proposal. A bicameral legislative branch. This has the idea of representation according to population8
- I'm going to edit your proposal and you can take it to the rest of the house to upgrade the articles of confederation.9
- The Virginia Plan
- I have a proposal, it's an upgrade to the articles. How about three different branches of government that separates power. The branches are executive, legislative, and judicial. There are more proposals in this plan I have here.10
- He begins going into details about the branches and power separation. The Committee of Whole could never agree on anything, so later that year The Committee of Detail was enacted to handle the drafting process11
- July 24
- The Committee Of DetailThese men used bits and pieces from The Virginia Plan, the decisions of the constitutional convention, along with other sources like the Articles of Confederation, to produce the first full draft.12
- From August 6th- September 10th
- September 10th is when he finished up his drafted notes.13
- First Draft of the constitution.
- Adding his final notes on the draft.
- September 17th, 1787The Constitution was signed16
- The Committee Of Style September 10th, a committee of style was appointed to polish up the document. They made the constitution what it is.14
- We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice , insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty yo ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for The United States of America.15
- Governor Morris, the delegate of Pennsylvania is credit with writing the preamble.
- Thank You For Viewing.-Aajuaniyah Chambers-ClarkeI tried to recreate this picture in the last comic strip.
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