Founding Documents and Compromises

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Declaration of Independence

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Document written by Thomas Jefferson detailing colonial grievances against the English crown

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Connecticut Compromise

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Created a representative government with two houses of Congress; one house based on population and one on equality

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James Madison

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Framer from Virginia who took detailed notes at the Constitutional Convention and is referred to as the “Father of the Constitution”

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New Jersey Plan

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Proposal at the Constitutional Convention to maintain the unicameral Congress, grant power to tax

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Confederation

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A joining of several groups (states) for a common purpose, like government

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Articles of Confederation

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First government of the United States, ratified in 1777 as a “firm league of friendship”

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Anti-Federalists

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Group/faction of the Framers who did not support approval of the Constitution by states; feared a lack of a Bill of Rights

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3/5 Compromise

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Agreement at the Constitutional Convention to allow 3/5 of “other persons” (slaves) to count for both representation and taxation

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Framers

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The group of delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention to influence the new government

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Virginia Plan

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Proposal at the Constitutional Convention to have three branches, a bicameral legislature based on population; introduced by Edmund Randolph