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Constitutional Convention

• Meeting held in 1787 to draft the US Constitution

• Agreement that created a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives

• Agreement that counted three-fifths of enslaved people for representation and taxation purposes

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  Law passed in 1787 that established a process for admitting new states to the Union

Great Compromise

• First ten amendments to the US Constitution, protecting individual rights and limiting the power of the federal government

• Supporters of the US Constitution and a strong central government

• A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.

• Agreement that created a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives

Three-Fifths Compromise

• No cruel or unusual punishment

• Powers not given to federal government go to people and States

• Agreement that counted three-fifths of enslaved people for representation and taxation purposes

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  Agreement that created a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives

Northwest Ordinance

• First ten amendments to the US Constitution, protecting individual rights and limiting the power of the federal government

• Law passed in 1787 that established a process for admitting new states to the Union

• A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.

• Right to bear arms

Federalists

• Agreement that created a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives

  Three-Fifths Compromise

  Agreement that counted three-fifth

• First ten amendments to the US Constitution, protecting individual rights and limiting the power of the federal government

• Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

• Supporters of the US Constitution and a strong central government

Anti-Federalists

• Opponents of the US Constitution who favored stronger state governments

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  Citizens entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution

• Agreement that counted three-fifths of enslaved people for representation and taxation purposes

• Opponents of the US Constitution who favored stronger state governments

Bill of Rights

• First ten amendments to the US Constitution, protecting individual rights and limiting the power of the federal government

• Citizens entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution

• Supporters of the US Constitution and a strong central government

• Agreement that counted three-fifths of enslaved people for representation and taxation purposes

Federal /Central/National Government

• Supporters of the US Constitution and a strong central government

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  The right to a Speedy Trial by jury, representation by an attorney for an accused person

• Government that shares power between a central authority and individual states

Articles of Confederation

• A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.

• Supporters of the US Constitution and a strong central government