Unit 7: Vocabulary

A meeting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states wrote a new constitution.

• Constitutional Conviction

• The Article of Confederation

• Constitutional Convention

• Declaration of Independence

Primary author of the Constitution. Called “Father of the Constitution.”

• John Adams

• George Washington

• James Monroe

• James Madison

A proposed plan in which each state would have representation in Congress proportional to its population

• The Virginia Plan

• The Rhode Island Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The New York Plan

A proposed plan where legislature would only have one house and each state would continue to have equal representation.

• The Virginia Plan

• The Rhode Island Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The New York Plan

A compromise made between the large and small states where the states will have proportional representation in the House of Representatives and equal representation in the Senate.

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-fifths Compromise

• The Commerce Compromise

A compromise made which slave populations would be counted as three-fifths of their actual number. In other words, every five slaves would be counted as three persons.

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-fifths Compromise

• The Commerce Compromise

A compromise reached on import and export taxes, and most importantly, the slave trade.

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-fifths Compromise

• The Commerce Compromise

Is made up of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives.

• The Executive Branch

• Congress

• Supreme Court

• The Judicial Branch

A group of special electors selected from each of the states to cast votes in the presidential elections.

• The Electrical College

• Harvard College

• The Electoral College

• The Voter College

Power divided between the legislative, executive and judicial branches.

• Confederacy

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Constitution