Soc.St. 5-3

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

• Constitutional meeting

• Articles of Confederation Revisions

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Constitutional Convention

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

• NJ Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

This delegate played an instrumental role in the drafting of the Constitution, also known as the Father of the Constitution.

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Ben Franklin

• William Patterson

He was the NJ delegate who presented the small state plan

• Roger Sherman

• Ben Franklin

• William Patterson

• George Washington

This agreement ended the debate between large and small states.

• Virginia Plan

• NJ Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three Fifths Compromise

Delegates looked to this system to establish the sharing of power between national and state governments.

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

• checks and balances

• legislative branch

This branch of government is responsible for proposing and passing laws.

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

This refers to the idea that political power rests in the hands of the people.

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

• checks and balances

• Great Compromise

This agreement determined how slaves would be counted for representation and placed a ban on asking for an end to the slave trade.

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• NJ Plan

• Virginia Plan

This system was designed to keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful

• federalism

• Great Compromise

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances