Famous Figures
The total number of states to attend the Constitutional Convention.
What is 12 states?
As the first order of business of the Constitutional Convention, he was appointed president.
Who is George Washington?
The Constitutional Convention was held in this building.
What is Independence Hall, or as it was called back then, The Pennsylvania State House?
Those who favored the Virginia Plan.
What are large states?
The part of Congress that gives all states 2 votes.
What is "the Senate?"
The total number of delegates that went to the Constitutional Convention.
What is 55 delegates?
These two different types of states had clashing views.
What are large and small states?
The date the delegates proclaimed the Constitution to be finished.
What is September 17, 1787?
Those who favored the New Jersey Plan.
What are small states?
The number of representatives in this part of Congress is based on each state's population.
What is "the House of Representatives?"
The small state that boycotted the Constitutional Convention because they feared a strong central government.
What is Rhode Island?
Another name for the delegates who created the framework of the constitution.
What are 'framers'?
The state that wanted all states to have one equal vote.
What is New Jersey?
Congress, which includes the House of Representatives and the Senate, is this law-making branch of government.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This 'Father of the Constitution' took over 600 detailed pages of notes at the Constitutional Convention and was considered the most prepared for the Convention.
Who is James Madison?
The type of government that all the delegates agreed should be formed.
What is a republic?
This act of rebellion made the weak government realize that they need to revise the Articles of Confederation to make a strong central government.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This plan said that the number of votes each state had should be based on their population. Larger population=more votes.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This branch of government, headed by the president, carries out laws.
What is "the Executive Branch?"
These 3 delegates boycotted the meeting for fear of a strong central government. Sam ________, John _________, and Patrick ___________.
Who are Sam Adams, John Hancock, and Patrick Henry?
Thirteen of these left before it was signed and three refused to sign.
Who are delegates that did not sign the constitution?
Due to outbreaks of bad behavior such as Shay's Rebellion, they realized their government was too weak to last very long so they did this.
What is "created the U.S. Constitution?"
The combination of the VA plan and the NJ plan that was created to please both large and small states.
What is the Great Compromise?
This branch of government, Supreme Court, decides if laws are constitutional.
What is "the Judicial Branch?"