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

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What event showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

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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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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

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Every state has 2 representatives in the -

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Senate

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Every state has representatives based on population in the -

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House of Representatives

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What or who did not influence the U.S. Constitution? - English Bill of Rights - Articles of Confederation - Lord Baltimore - Magna Carta

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Lord Baltimore