DELEGATES
Who presented the Virginia Plan?
Edmund Randolph
What was our first Constitution called?
The Articles of Confederation
Where the Convention was held
Philadelphia
This provided equal number of representatives
New Jersey Plan
I proposed writing a new Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention
Edmond Randolph
Who kept the Journal of every word?
James Madison
One adjective best describes the problem with the Articles. They were too _____________.
weak
In what year was the Convention held?
1787
The number of representatives a state gets for the House of Representatives is based on the states
population
55
What were the number of delegates at the Constitutional Convention?
President of the Convention
George Washington
Main argument between the large and small states
This man put forward the New Jersey Plan
William Patterson
The ideas of John Locke are in the Constitution. Locks said the purpose of government was to protect-
Why the convention in Philadelphia was created
To revise the Articles of Confederation
The Virginia supported _____ states
larger
Under the New Jersey Plan each state would have _____ vote.
1
Which state did not attend?
Rhode Island
smaller
The Philadelphia Meeting became known as
The Constitutional Convention
The Virginia plan called for a two-house legislature or a _____ legislature
bicameral
Favored large states
Virginia Plan
Was the youngest delegate at the Constitutional Convention
Alexander Hamilton
Government - "of the people, by the people, for the people"
What is democracy?
Early on delegates voted to keep their debates
secret