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Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?

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George Washington

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When did the Constitutional Convention open?Where?

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May, 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

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It was to revise the Articles of Confederation.

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What was the changed purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

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To replace the Articles of Confederation with a new plan for the government.

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Who were the two important leaders absent from the convention?

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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

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What state did not send any representatives to Philadelphia?

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Rhode Island

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What was the Virginia Plan?

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  • Bicameral: 2 house legislature

- Had a House of Representatives: representatives based on population

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What was the New Jersey Plan?

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  • Unicameral: one house legislature

- # of representatives are same for each state no matter how big or large in population they are

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Unicameral

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Means one house

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Bicameral

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Means two houses

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The Great Compromise

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  • Bicameral legislature
    - Senate had two rep. per state (helped New Jersey Plan)
    - House of Representatives had # of representatives based on population (helped the Virginia Plan)
  • Both houses must pass each law
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3/5 Compromise

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Helped out Southern states because they want more representatives, and they did this by insisting that their slaves counted as people. The 3/5 compromise explains that only 3/5 of the slaves in each state counted as people in the census and for taxes.

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Articles of Confederation

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Our 1st national constitution

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Date of the Articles of Confederation’s birth

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March of 1781

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The Articles of Confederation was organized around…….?

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A Congress

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Under the A of C each state had how many votes?

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One

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How many of the 13 states had to agree for a law to pass under the A of C?

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9

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What couldn’t the Congress do under the A of C?

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  • Tax
  • control or interfere with trade between the individual states
  • no one person was in charge of the government
  • was no executive to carry out laws passed by Congress
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3 branches of government

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Legislative, executive, and judicial