Creating the Constitution

Political power rests in the hands of the people

• federalism

• unicameral

• legislation

• popular sovereignty

This was held in May 1787 to discuss ways to improve the Articles of Confederation

• American Revolution

• Constitutional Convention

• Great Compromise

• Teachers' Convention

the sharing of power between the federal government and the states

• federalism

• legislation

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers

This plan proposed creating a national government with a two-house legislature with representation determined only by population

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Plan

• 3/5ths Plan

this delegate played an instrumental role in the drafting of the Constitution

• John Adams

• James Monroe

• Ben Franklin

• James Madison

those in favor of a strong national government

• anti-federalists

• Virginians

• federalists

• New Yorkers

He was the New Jersey delegate who presented the small-state plan

• William Paterson

• James Madison

• Roger Sherman

• George Mason

This delegate from Connecticut supported a compromise of the small and large state plans often called the Connecticut Compromise

• George Mason

• Ben Franklin

• Roger Sherman

• George Washington

This agreement ended the debate between large and small states

• The Great Compromise

• The 3/5ths Compromise

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

This agreement determined how slaves would be counted for representation

• The Great Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan