Following the Revolutionary War most Americans did not want to return to rule by a monarch, but they did need an effective government. The challenge was deciding how that governtment should be structured.
The Constitutional Convention opened on May 25, 1787. Delegates from every state but Rhode Island gathered in the room where the Declaration of Independence had been signed 11 years before. Although Congress had instructed them to revise and not replace the Articles of Confederation, many delegates were already convinced that a new constitution was needed. Through months of debate the delegates would work out this plan of government and then set it forth in a document called the Constitution of the United States.
Imagine you are a delegate to the Convention. Read Chapter 6 Section 4 and then answer these questions on your paper, providing at least 3 reasons from the reading that support your answer:
1) Should we ratify the Constitution? Why/not?
2)What is the proper role of the National Government?
3) Would you have been a Federalist or Anti-Federalist? Why?
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