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Creating the Constitution
Term | Definition |
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Framers | the individuals who attended the Philadelphia Convention |
Virginia Plan | a plan offered at the Convention that called for a central government with three branches, with each state’s representation in a bicameral legislature based mainly on population |
New Jersey Plan | a plan calling for a central government with a unicameral legislature and equal representation of all the states. |
Connecticut Compromise | an agreement to divide Congress into two houses, one with representation based on state population and one with equal representation for all states |
Three-Fifths Compromise | an agreement to count each slave as three fifths of a person when determining state population |
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise | an agreement forbidding Congress from taxing state exports or interfering with the slave trade for at least 20 years |