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Constitutional Convention Delegate Perspectives
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Constitutional Convention Delegate Perspectives
📚 Part 1: Understanding Key Ideas
1. Which Enlightenment principle emphasizes that government power comes from the people?
Separation of powers
Popular sovereignty
Checks and balances
Federalism
2. What was the main concern of Anti-Federalists about the new Constitution?
The government would be too weak
There would be no president
The federal government would have too much power
States would have equal representation
3. Which Enlightenment thinkers influenced the Constitutional Convention? (Check all that apply)
John Locke
Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
King George III
4. The system that prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful is called:
_________________________ and _________________________
📖 Part 2: Primary Source Analysis
5. Based on your reading of the Federalist and Anti-Federalist writings, what was one major argument FOR ratifying the Constitution?
6. What was one major argument AGAINST ratifying the Constitution?
7. How do the arguments you read reflect Enlightenment ideas about government? Provide specific evidence from the texts.
✍️ Part 3: Delegate Perspective
8. You are a delegate at the Constitutional Convention. Choose one major challenge below and write a journal entry (5-7 sentences) describing the problem and how you think it should be resolved. Use vocabulary from today's lesson.
Choose one challenge:
How should states be represented in Congress?
How much power should the federal government have?
Should there be a Bill of Rights?
Your delegate journal entry:
9. Reflection: Which Enlightenment principle do you believe was most important in creating the U.S. government? Explain why.
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