Brinkley Chapter 6 Guiding Questions 1. Who were the advocates of centralization, and what was seen as the most serious problem of the Articles of Confederation? 2. What were the characteristics of the men who met at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia? Whose presence was essential to the meeting's success? Why? 3. What were the two major points of view that divided the convention? What plans did each side propose to carry its view? 4. How were the differences between the "large state" and the "small state" plans resolved? What other issues divided the convention, and how were they resolved? 5. What was to be the role of various branches of government under the new Constitution?