Terms
Under the Articles, this government was too powerful?
What is the state government?
This plan was favored by states with a large population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
President of the Convention.
Who is George Washington?
Number of states that needed to ratify the Constitution.
What is 9? or What is 2/3rds?
Two houses
This plan was favored by states with smaller populations.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Who is James Madison?
People who supported ratification of the Constitution.
Who are Federalists?
To accept
What is to ratify?
This plan created a bicameral legisture and 3 branches. It solved the fighting between the big and small states.
What is the Great Compromise?
Oldest delegate at the Convention.
Who is Ben Franklin?
People who did not want to ratify the Constitution.
Who are Anti-Federalists?
One house
This compromise settled the dispute over slaves and representation.
What is the 3/5th compromise?
Wrote the Federalists Papers.
Who is John Jay, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton?
Reason Anti-Federalists did not approve of Constitution.
What is it lacked a Bill of Rights?
To have both sides give in a little bit in order to reach an agreement.
What is to compromise?
They met in this city to write the Consititution.
What is Philadelphia?
He wrote the Great Compromise.
Who is Roger Sherman?
Written to persuade states to ratify the Constitution.
What are the Federalists Papers?