Question 1: How do you think southern delegates would respond to the proposal that they not only have to free the slaves but pay them and give them land as well?
Question 2: Where would the government get the money to subsidize these expenses?
Question 3: Beyond solving problems, what are some benefits Madison might have mentioned while advocating for his plan?
Question 4: Give specific examples of how the Articles are not working. What arguments would you use to defend the Virginia Plan and the need for a new type of government under the Constitution?
Question 5: How would you respond to an opposing voice that reminded representatives of the horrors of Shay's rebellion and the rule of the mob? Surely the rule of law, even a strict one, is better than the rule of a mob, which is an even greater tyranny!