US History › Section D · Building a republic › Topic D.3
The Constitutional Convention and ratification
In the summer of 1787, delegates sent to repair the Articles of Confederation wrote an entirely new plan of government instead. Their compromises over representation, slavery and popular power, and the fierce public fight over ratification, created the framework the United States still uses.
In this topic
- From repair to replacement
- Two plans for Congress
- The Great Compromise
- The three-fifths clause
- The slave trade and fugitive slave clauses
- Worked example: reading the fugitive slave clause
- Dividing power and limiting democracy
- Federalists against Anti-Federalists
- Worked example: how ratification was won
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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