AP U.S. History / Unit 3: Period 3: 1754–1800
3.8 The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification
Notes
Delegates met in 1787 and compromised: the Great Compromise (bicameral Congress), Three-Fifths Compromise, and a ban on ending the slave trade before 1808. Federalists (The Federalist Papers) supported ratification; Anti-Federalists wanted a Bill of Rights.
Practice
The Federalist Papers were written to:
Hamilton, Madison, Jay.
Anti-Federalists feared:
Demanded a Bill of Rights.
The Constitution allowed the international slave trade to continue until:
A compromise.
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