Constitutional Convention

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

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Constitutional Convention

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

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Virginia Plan

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

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New Jersey Plan

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

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Great Compromise

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

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House of Representatives

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

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House of Representatives

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

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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

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Commerce Compromise

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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

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Federalist

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

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Anti-Federalist