Plans and Compromise
This plan stated that the US should have a two house legislature with representation in each house based on population.
Virginia Plan
George Washington
This was the first constitution in the states.
Articles of Confederation
This term means to change or fix.
Amend
This man said that natural rights include life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
This plan stated that the US should have a one-house legislature in which each state would get one vote.
New Jersey Plan
55 representatives attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787. This is another term for a representative.
Delegate
Name one weakness in the first constitution of the United States.
No power to tax, no executive branch, no judicial branch, difficult to change, difficult to pass laws
This term means to approve.
Ratify
This man said that natural rights include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Thomas Jefferson
This compromise created our bicameral legislature with representation in one house being based on population and representation in the other house being based on state equality.
The Great Compromise
This state chose not to send representatives to the Constitutional Convention.
Rhode Island
This rebellion showed Americans that the first constitution was too weak to meet the needs of the states.
Shays's Rebellion
This is a detailed, written plan of government. It explains what government can and cannot do.
Constitution
This man devised the separation of powers in government among three coequal branches.
Montesquieu
This compromise created the indirect method by which citizens elect the president and vice president.
The Electoral College
This was the original purpose of the meeting of delegates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1787.
Revise/amend/fix the Articles of Confederation
This was the only branch of government that existed under the first constitution.
Legislative
This term describes two houses, two parts, or two chambers.
Bicameral
This was the first representative democracy/assembly in the colonies.
The Commerce Compromise indicated that trade would be controlled by Congress. Name one thing that the south received in exchange for its support of congressional control of interstate trade.
No tax on exports
Slave trade will continue
This compromise stated that only a portion of slaves would be counted as part of a state's population for representation purposes.
3/5th's Compromise
This is the reason that the framers of the first constitution made the government so weak.
They had just left the King's control, and didn't want to experience that again.
____ ____ describes the process by which territories became states under the first constitution.
This man stated that the people alone should choose who governs them.
Rousseau