Power that has been divided equally to three distinct branches

Each branch had the ability to limit each other's power through a series of CAB, So no one could gain more power.

Would lead the nation, enforce laws.

Delegates agreed on a Judicial Branch headed by a SP

Came up with the Great Compromise

A legislative branch with two houses.

States would be granted a specific number of electors equal to their numbers of senators and representatives in Congress.

Three Fifths Compromise

Convention delegates decided that five enslaved Americans would count as three free persons.

Slave Importation Clause

Congress could not ban importation of slaves for 20 years and the tax on importing enslaved people could not go up $10 per person

Fugitive Slave Clause

Barred people who had escaped slavery in the South from living as free people in Northern States.

Gave Congress power "to regulate with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes."

No tax could be charged between states.

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History Vocab 6

Question	Answer
Separation of powers	Power that has been divided equally to three distinct branches
Checks and Balances	Each branch had the ability to limit each other's power through a series of CAB, So no one could gain more power.
Legislative Branch	Would create or pass laws.
Executive Branch	Would lead the nation, enforce laws.
Judicial Branch	Would Interpret laws.
Supreme Court	Delegates agreed on a Judicial Branch headed by a SP
Roger Sherman	Came up with the Great Compromise
Great Compromise	A legislative branch with two houses.
Electoral College	States would be granted a specific number of electors equal to their numbers of senators and representatives in Congress.
Three Fifths Compromise	Convention delegates decided that five enslaved Americans would count as three free persons.
Slave Importation Clause	Congress could not ban importation of slaves for 20 years and the tax on importing enslaved people could not go up $10 per person
Fugitive Slave Clause	Barred people who had escaped slavery in the South from living as free people in Northern States.
Commerce Clause	Gave Congress power "to regulate with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes."
Common Market	No tax could be charged between states.

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