Constitutional Convention Knowledge Assessment

Name the Rebellion that showed the Articles of Confederation was weak, and people lost trust in the government's ability to protect them.

A Meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation but created a new government, the US Constitution.

How many delegates were present at the Constitutional Convention?

In what city and building was the Constitutional Convention held?

Which state refused to send a delegation to the Constitutional Convention?

What did the New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan have in common?

States with large populations favored which plan?

States with smaller populations favored which plan?

Set up a bicameral legislature, one house would have representation based on population and the other would have equal state representation

What settled the debate between the Virginia Plan (big state) and the New Jersey plan (small state)?