Constitutional Convention

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

• Constitutional Convention

• Continental Congress

• Senate

• House Meeting

A plan for representation that was supported by larger states since representation would be based on a state's population

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

A plan for representation that was supported by smaller states since representation would be equal for all states

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

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

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

A house in the legislative branch/U.S. Congress that has representation based on a state's population.

• Constitutional Convention

• Continental Congress

• Senate

• House of Representatives

A house in the legislative branch/U.S. Congress that has representation based on a state's population.

• Constitutional Convention

• Continental Congress

• Senate

• House of Representatives

Determined how slaves would count as a part of each state's population, each slave would count 3/5ths of a person

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Congress could not tax exports from any state and would not regulate international slave trade for at least 20 years

• Commerce Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Group who argued for a stronger national government who could be powerful in foreign affairs and establishing better trade relations, in favor of ratification of the Constitution

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

• Torie

• Patriot

Group who opposed a stronger national government because the elite would have too much power, opposed to the ratification of the Constitution

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

• Torie

• Patriot