Lesson+10+Activity

Activity Directions:

With your assigned group, create a diagram/representation of the Constitution and the relationship between the national and state governments __if__ your assigned plan would have been adopted by the Philadelphia Convention.

You will need to make the best arguments for why the Convention should have adopted your plan. Focus on the following:

* The theory of representation contained in your assigned plan. * Whether the plan proposes a strong or weak national government and why? * How the plan envisions the relationship between the national and state governments and why?


 * Alexander Hamilton's Plan **


 * Virginia Plan **


 * New Jersey Plan **