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Government

Ch 4 The US Constitution Part 2

TermDefinition
Constitutional Convention (1787) convention held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which the delegates discarded the Articles of Confederation and drew up the Constitution; originally called the Philadelphia Convention.
George Washington Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797; commander of the Continental Army
James Madison fourth President of the United States (1809-1817) and is known as the "Father of the Constitution"
Virginia Plan Proposal for the composition and structure of the new congress by James Madison; called for a bicameral legislature, with the number of representatives based on state population or on the amount of revenue a state provided for the national government
bicameral Legislative branch of a national or state government that is divided into two separate houses, an upper and lower chamber
New Jersey Plan Proposal by William Paterson for the composition and structure of the new Congress in response to the Virginia Plan; it called for a unicameral congress; preserving the one-state, one vote principle of the Confederation
Connecticut (Great) Compromise Proposal by Roger Sherman for the composition and structure of the new Congress as a compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans; lower house based on population and upper house equal for all states
Three-Fifths Compromise Settlement at the Constitutional Convention permitting three-fifths of a states slaves to count toward its representation in the House; requires state to pay taxes on the slaves at the same rate
September 17, 1787 Date on which the delegates signed the official engrossed copy the Constitution
Federalists advocated(supported) the proposed Constitution
Anti-Federalist Members of state ratification conventions who rejected the proposed Constitution
The Federalist Papers Collection of essays explaining and defending constitutional provisions of power and predicting dire consequences if the Constitution were rejected
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