Virginia Plan
The people who voted for the Upper House of government in Congress under the Virginia Plan
Who are the people of the lower house of Congress?
The name of the power that made New Jersey delegates fear a central government with too much power would happen again
What is Great Britain?
The names of the three branches of government
The amount of states it took to amend the Articles of Confederation
What is thirteen?
The date of the Constitutional Convention
What is 1787?
The reason the Virginia delegates would receive more power in government if their plan succeeded
What is larger states and population?
The reason New Jersey delegates rejected the Virginia plan
What is being a smaller state meaning less representation in government due to population?
The amount of senators elected per state
What is two?
The level of government that had the most power during the Articles of Confederation?
What is state government?
The location of the Constitutional Convention
The branch of government both the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan were arguing over
What is the legislative branch?
The name of Mr. Agosto's favorite hockey team that will NOT let him down this year (hopefully)
The New Jersey Devils
The amount of representatives per state in the House of Representatives is based on
What is a state's population?
The type of government leader the Articles of Confederation did not have
What is the President of the United States?
The name of the compromise that gave the population of enslaved people in the South influence to the House of Representatives
What is the three-fifths compromise?
The name of type of legislation the New Jersey Plan delegates wanted (Hint: Two)
What is bicameral?
The amount of branches of government this plan wanted to implement
What are three branches?
The level of national court that did not exist during the Articles of Confederation
What is the Supreme Court?
The name of the person who led the farmer's rebellion that made people question the Articles of Confederation
Who is Daniel Shays?
The type of people that could vote in the initial U.S. Constitution
Who are white men with property aged twenty-one and older?
The main creator of the Virginia plan
Who is James Madison?
The name of type of legislation the New Jersey Plan delegates wanted (Hint: One)
The name of the system that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What is Checks and Balances?
The name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Another name for the Great Compromise
What is the Connecticut Compromise?