Forming A new Nation Vocabulary

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Meeting in Philadelphia, 1787

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Constitutional Convention

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Basic framework of a government

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Constitution

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Group to elect president and vice president

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Electoral College

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Plan for a two-house Congress

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Great Compromise

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Supporter of freedom, change, and progress

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Liberal

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Process of formal approval

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Ratification

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Country governed by elected representatives

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Republic

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Supporters of the U.S. Constitution during ratification

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Federalist

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Opponents of the Constitution

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Anti-Federalist

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3/5ths Compromise

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Enslaved persons counted as three-fifths for Congressional representation