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Constitutional Convention

Name___________ _________

Detectives Log
Document Document 1: We would sooner submit to a foreign power Author? Audience? When was it written? Objections to the Constitution? Implications for the Future?

Document 2: Objections to the Constitution, George Mason

Document 3: Letters between George Washington, Patrick Henry, and Benjamin Harrison

Constitutional Convention

Name___________ _________

Document Document 4: Patrick Henrys speech at Virginia Ratification Convention (part 1)

Author? Audience?

When was it written?

Objections to the Constitution? Implications for the future?

Document 5: Patrick Henrys speech at Virginia Ratification Convention (part 2)

Document 6: Letter from Madison to Jefferson

Constitutional Convention

Name___________ _________

Document Document 7: Madisons speech before 1st Congress

Author? Audience?

When was it written?

Objections to the Constitution? Implications for the future?

Analytical Questions
1. In summary, what are the key objections to the Constitution?

2. How do the major issues discussed at the Constitutional Convention relate to the issues which caused a great amount of tension in the United States before the actual Civil War occurs?

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