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Essay Questions

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Compare and contrast the Virginia and New Jersey Plans and how these differences were finally rectified.

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Explain the methods, both formal and informal, for changing the Constitution.

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Describe the historical precedents that influenced the writing of the Constitution.

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Discuss Charles Beard’s argument in An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. In what way did the elitist background of delegates to the Constitutional Convention lead to distrust and suspicion of the resulting document? How could the background of the delegates affect the resulting Constitution?

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