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US History
4.2 Writing the Constitution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Annapolis Convention | Meeting held in September 1786 for states to discuss interstate trade; asked the Confederation Congress for a meeting of all the states to revise the Articles of Confederation |
| Constitutional Convention | Originally called the Philadelphia Convention, meeting of the states in 1787 for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation but which instead formulated a new government governed by a constitution |
| Virginia Plan | Proposed to the Constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature with representation based on state population, a strong executive, and a national judiciary; favored by larger states |
| bicameral | Having 2 houses in a legislature |
| New Jersey Plan | Proposed to the Constitutional Conventions for a unicameral legislature with equal representation for all states which was favored by the smaller states |
| Roger Sherman | He proposed the Great Compromise which offered a solution to the deadlock at the convention |
| Great Compromise | Also known as the Connecticut Compromise proposal to the Constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature with representation in the House of Representatives based on population and equal representation for each state in the Senate |
| Three-fifths Compromise | Agreement of the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the state's slave population would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation |
| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise | Agreement of the Constitutional Convention that the federal government could regulate trade but could not tax exports or interfere with the slave trade for at least 20 years |
| republic | A government in which elected representatives govern the people |
| Popular Sovereignty | The idea that the ultimate source of governmental power lies in the people, this idea being applied in the 19 century to argue that the residents of the territories could decide the state of slavery in the territory |
| separation of powers | The division of the government into branches to ensure that no branch has too much power |
| Checks and balances | System that keeps each branch of the government from exercising too much power by giving each branch the ability to limit the power of the other branches |
| Federalism | The division of power between national and state levels of government |
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