Key People
Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
What are the 3 Branches of Government?
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
What was the constitution trying to fix?
Articles of confederation/a stronger government
Which plan favored large states?
Virginia Plan
How many delegates attended the meeting?
55 delegates
Who proposed the New Jersey Plan?
William Patterson
What does Federalism do?
Divides power between the national and state governments
Where and what year did the constitutional convention take place?
Philadelphia
1787
What State Plan favored small states?
New Jersey Plan
How many of the 13 Stated were present?
12 States
Who was called the Father of the Constitution?
James Madison
What is the Judicial Law?
The supreme courts interprets Laws
Unlike the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution created this branch to enforce federal laws.
What is the executive branch?
What created the House and and Senate?
The Great Compromise
What document begins with "We the People"?
The Constitution
What did Roger Sherman do in the Constitution Convention?
Proposing the Great Compromise
What branch includes the Senate and House of Representatives.
Legislative Branch
What state was the only state that didn’t come to the convention?
Rhode Island
Why did small states want equal representation?
To have the same voting power as larger states
What are the people chosen to attend the Convention called?
Delegates
Who was the oldest delegate that encourage the Great Compromise?
Benjamin Franklin
This system prevents one branch from becoming too powerful.
Checks and Balance System
What were the 9 main themes that the constitutional convention covered?
federalism
separation of powers
checks and balances
compromises such as the great compromise
representation
limited government
individual rights
slavery
political power
This compromise addressed how enslaved people would be counted for representation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
True or false: Every delegate at the Convention signed the Constitution.
False