Ch. 2 The Beginnings of American Government

defended British military officers in the Boston Massacre out of a sense of fairness but became a leading advocate of American independence at the First and Second Continental

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Sam Adams

people with authority to represent others at a conference or convention

• William Penn

• Senators

• Delegates

• Parliment

delegates from every colony (except Georgia) met in Philadelphia discussed the worsening situation and debated plans for action, there was still hope for compromise

• Albany Conference

• Second Continental Congress

• Mt. Vernon Conference

• First Continental Congress

Proposed plan of government that called for a unicameral legislature in which each State would be equally represented

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Articles of Confederation

• 3/5ths Compromise

president of the Second Continental Congress although he did not attend the First Continental Congress

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Hancock

• George Washington

• Bruce Wayne

a plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 for cooperation among the thirteen colonies but was never adopted (Pay attention to the date)

• Albany Plan of Union

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• 3/5ths Compromise

Proposed plan of government that called for a three-branch government with a bicameral legislature in which each State's membership would be determined by its population or its financial support for the Federal Government

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Albany Plan of Union

• US Constitution

an agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention that slavery would be counted towards population of each state

• Connecticut Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• Slave Trade Compromise

• 3/5ths Compromise

Was a compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey Plan--Created a Bicameral system (House and Senate) One based on population while the other was based on equal representation

• Mt. Vernon Accords

• Great Compromise

• Treaty of Paris

• New Jersey Compromise

Agreement during the Constitutional Convention which agreed the Federal Government wouldnt tax exports and wouldnt talk about slavery for at least 20 years

• Commerce Compromise

• Slave Trade Agreement

• Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

• Virginia Commerce Agreement