Paper Topic: Please address ALL of the following questions in your paper.
● What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
Topics you must include:
o What is the purpose of a constitution for a country?
o What were the Articles of Confederation?
▪ What did Shays’ Rebellion have to do with the Articles of Confederation?
▪ What differences exist between the Articles of Confederation and the U.S.
Constitution?
● What argument over representation led to the Great Compromise?
o Define bicameralism and why the U.S. has a bicameral legislature.
o Other than the Great Compromise, what other compromise took place at the
Constitutional Convention?
● What two groups of people disagreed on how much power should be given to the federal
government versus how much power should be left to the states?
o Hint: One of these groups strongly advocated for a Bill of Rights in the U.S.
Constitution
.
● What is federalism and why did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention decide to
implement federalism in the United States?
