Today in Western Civilization we
continued our PowerPoint about the developing government of America. First, we
reviewed the PowerPoint slides we already went over, and since Mr. Schick’s
voice was dead (I didn’t think it was) the class read and explained them until
the last slide. We didn’t listen to the rap battle again (sadness). Then there
was a brief, nondescript timeline of the events that happened. On April 19,
1775, the Revolutionary War began. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of
Independence was signed and released (Independence Day!). In 1777 the Articles
of Confederation were written, and in 1781 all of the U.S. ratified them. On
October 19, 1781, the Brits surrendered at Yorktown. On 1783, the Treaty of
Paris was signed. In May of 1787 the Constitutional Convention gathered. There
were 55 delegates, all in Philadelphia. George Washington was presiding, while
other famous men were also present. The discussions made were kept secret from
the public and press (Although I think nailing your windows shut would attract
a lot of attention. The objective was to design a new government, and even with
controversies the convention managed a compromise where there were two houses.
Each state had the same number of votes, but the House of Representatives had
to determine how to count slaves. Since they were regarded as lesser beings,
three-fifths of slaves were counted as people.
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