Constitutional Convention

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What was the Great Compromise?

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A combining of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan

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What does the political cartoon represent?

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3/5 Compromise: every 5 slaves = 3 people for representation & taxation in Congress

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Determining representation in the House of Representatives & the Senate caused -

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conflict between the large states & the small states

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What made people concerned about the weakness of the central (federal) government under the Articles of Confederation and caused the revision?

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Shay's Rebellion

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The smaller states wanted -

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equal representation for all states in Congress

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What occurred in Philadelphia, PA?

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The Constitutional Convention

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What was New Jersey's plan? Options: Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population, All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation, That we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executive, That we keep the Articles of Confederation the same

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All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation

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What was Virginia's plan? Options: Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population, All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation, That we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executive, That we keep the Articles of Confederation the same

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Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who wrote the U.S. Constitution?

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James Madison