M6,L1,Establishing the Constitution

only three-fifths of a state’s slaves were counted when deciding representation in Congress

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• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths compromise

a plan giving supreme power to the central government and creating a bicameral legislature made up of two groups, or houses, of representatives

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• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Three-fifths compromise

a plan creating a unicameral, or one-house, legislature

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• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Three-fifths Compromise

the idea that political power belongs to the people

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• federalism

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances

• Great Compromise

the sharing of power between a central government and the states

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• federalism

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances

• Great Compromise

a system that keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful

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• federalism

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances

• Great Compromise

an agreement that gave each state one vote in the upper house (Senate) of the legislature and a number of representatives based on its population in the lower house (House of Representatives)

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• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

a delegate from Virginia who contributed many ideas that shaped the Constitution

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• John Jay

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• James Madison

meeting held in Philadelphia to create a new constitution

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• Constitutional Convention

• 1st Continental Congress

• 2nd Continental Congress

• Federalist meeting

constitutional amendments that protect the rights of citizens

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• Federalist Papers

• Bill of Rights

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty