People
The elected president of the Constitutional Convention
Who was George Washington?
Population determines a state's number of representatives in this legislative body.
What is the House of Representatives?
A state's number of these is equal to its number of representatives plus its number of senators
What are electoral votes?
This was the event that revealed to the American people that the national government was too weak to support the country.
What was Shays' Rebellion?
The number of states that had to approve the Constitution before it became the law.
What is 9 states?
This man was considered to be the father of the Constitution.
Who was James Madison?
Each state has equal representation in this legislative body.
What is the Senate?
The number of electoral votes North Dakota has.
What is 3 electoral votes?
This was where the power was held under the Articles of Confederation.
What are state governments?
The policy that delegates could not share information from the Constitutional Convention to outsiders.
What is the rule of secrecy?
He led a group of over 5,000 farmers to protest the Articles of Confederation.
Who was Daniel Shays?
Supporters of this plan wanted 2 houses in Congress that were BOTH based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
The U.S. state that holds the most power in a presidential election (has the most electoral votes).
What is California?
What is the military?
The city where the Constitutional Convention was held.
What is Philadelphia?
Writer of most of the Federalist Papers.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
Supporters of this plan wanted one body in Congress with equal representation.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
The total number of electoral votes in the U.S.
What is 538?
Under the Articles of Confederation, this number of states had to approve any changes made to the Articles.
What is all 13 states?
The year the Constitutional Convention took place.
What is 1787?
He came up with the Great Compromise.
Who is Roger Sherman?
What is 435?
The number of electoral votes a presidential candidate needs to win an election.
What is 270?
Some of the few powers this body held under the Articles were declaring war, coining money, and creating a postal system.
What was the national government/Congress?
The oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?