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The Constitutional Convention
Competing Plans
A Compromise plan
Our Constitution
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May 1787
When did the delegates began filing into the state house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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George Mason
Who set the tone for the Constitutional Convention
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Compromise
What is the only thing that could save the Convention From failure?
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Preamble
What does the Constitution Begins with?
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It was to revise the Articles of Confederation
What was the original goal of the delegates?
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Yes
Di James Madison want to throw out the Article of Confederation?
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Senate and representatives
What are the 2 houses called?
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to establish justice
What is the Constitution Major goal?
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James Madison
What is one of the first delegates to arrive?
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Congress have greater power over the states
What did the Virginia plan proposed?
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months
Was it months or years for the Great Compromise to be created?
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Alexander Hamilton
Who is the person who was barely out of his teens when he became military aid to General Washington durng the Revolutionary War?
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No
Did the smaller states think that larger states should get more power?
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1808
What year did Congress outlaw the importing of enslaved people?
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Yes
Did the delegates vote for George Washington?
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Small and big states have the same amount of power
What is the New Jersey Plan?
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Philadelphia
Where did the debate end?