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Jude 7th - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Creating the Constitution

TermDefinition
Articles of Confederation the first written plan of government for the United States that proved not to work because of all its weaknesses
Northwest Territory lands acquired by the Louisiana Purchase, near the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and Great Lakes
Shay's Rebellion frustrated farmers stormed the courthouse in Massachusetts to prevent judges from taking their farms
Independence Hall location of the Constitutional Convention
55 number of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention
12 number of states that sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention
George Washington president of the Constitutional Convention
Rhode Island state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention
42 average age of the delegates of the Constitutional Convention
Ben Franklin oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention
James Madison Father of the Constitution
Virginia Plan plan that favored large states and was based on population
New Jersey Plan plan that favored small states and was based on equal representation
Edmund Randolph proposed the Virginia Plan
William Paterson proposed the New Jersey Plan
Roger Sherman proposed the Great Compromise
3 branches of government legislative, executive, and judicial
Three-Fifths Compromise a slave would count as 3/5 of a person when determining a state's population in the House of Representatives
president name of the chief executive as decided by the framers
Electoral College system established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president
ratify formally approve a plan or agreement
September 17, 1787 day that Constitution was signed
Federalist supporter of ratifying the Constitution
Anti-federalist opponents of ratifying the Constitution
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