| A | B |
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| Alexander Hamilton | New York delegate who called for a convention to be held in Philadelphia to amend the Articles of Confederation |
| Shays's Rebellion | event that convinced people that the national government needed to be stronger |
| Rhode Island | state that refused to participate in the Constitutional Convention |
| Thomas Jefferson and John Adams | 2 political figures who were not at the Constitutional Convention because they were diplomats overseas |
| Patrick Henry | political figure who refused to attend the Convention because he feared they were leaning toward a monarchy |
| Native Americans, African Americans, and Women | the 3 groups of people not represented at the Convention |
| how to set up a strong but limited government | challenge that faced the delegates at the Convention |
| James Madison | became known as the Father of the Constitution |
| George Washington | chosen as the President of the Constitutional Convention |
| Edmund Randolph, James Madison, and other Virginia delegates | drafted (wrote) the Virginia Plan |
| they would have more representatives in the legislature | reason the large states supported the Virginia Plan |
| New Jersey Plan | alternative plan to the Virginia Plan |
| Great Compromise | legislature would have 2 houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | Three-Fifths of slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes and when determining representation |
| Congress could not ban slave trade until 1808 | solution to slave trade issue |
| Congress | given the power to regulate trade |
