Compromises
The plan of government proposed at the convention that called for a bicameral legislature based on population was...
What is the Virginia Plan.
He was president of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington
Before the adoption of the Constitution, the states were joined by the...
What is the Articles of Confederation
The Constitutional Convention met in this city
What is Philadelphia?
To accept
Ratify
The plan of government that called for equal representation in the legislative branch was...
What is the New Jersey Plan?
He was the oldest delegate at the Convention.
Who is Ben Franklin?
This government was too powerful under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the state governments?
Which state did not have any enslaved people in 1790?
What is Massachusetts?
When both sides have to give up something in order to end an argument.
What is compromise?
The small states preferred a legislative branch that ...
What is gave states equal representation?
He proposed the Virginia Plan.
Who is Edmund Randolph?
What is revise the Articles of Confederation?
How many states needed to ratify the Constitution?
What is 9 states?
What does bicameral mean?
What is two houses?
This created a bicameral legislature, one house based on population and the the other equal.
What is the Great Compromise?
This made proposed the Great Compromise.
Who is Roger Sherman?
Under the Articles of Confederation, what was the only branch of government?
What is the Legislative branch?
The Senate is made up of...
What is 2 Senators per state?
What does unicameral mean?
What is one house?
This compromise considered if enslaved persons should count towards a states population.
What is the 3/5th compromise?
Who are Hamilton, Jay and Madison?
Why did some states not want to ratify the Consitution?
What is because it did not contain a Bill of Rights?
These essays defended the Constitution and encouraged states to ratify the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
A person that represents the state at the Convention.
What is a delegate?