Constitutional Convention 10.31.22.

The Constitutional Convention took place in ​____________in Philadelphia​.

• 1687

• 1787

• 1887

• 1997

This was the only state not to attend the convention.

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• New York

• Rhode Island

The delegates decided to throw out the Articles and start over again. ​

• True

• False

______ was asked to preside over the convention.

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• ​George Washington

• John Adams

He kept notes of the discussions and is often called “The Father of the Constitution.”​

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• ​George Washington

• John Adams

All the participants in the Convention were ...

• wealthy

• white

• Christian

• males

Many of the delegates owned slaves. ​

• True

• False

The Virginia Plan proposed that there would be _____ branches of government. 

• three

• two

• five

• four

Choose the three branches of government proposed in the Virginia Plan. 

• Legislative

• Economic

• Executive

• Judicial

In the Virgina Plan, representation was based on

• the wealth of the state. 

• the population of the state.

• the size of the state.

• the number of slaves a state had.