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| economic depression | period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases |
| Shays's Rebellion | Daniel Shays, a Massachusets farmer, led 1000 farmers in a rebellion. |
| Effect of Shays's Rebellion | Frightened many Americans that government could not control unrest and prevent violence. |
| manumission | freeing of individual enslaved persons |
| James Madison & Alexander Hamilton called for a meeting to | revise the Articles of Confederation. |
| The Constitutional Convention was held | in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the summer of 1787. |
| 55 delegates at the Constitutional Convention | were well educated, average age of 42, over 2/3 were lawyers. |
| The Convention unanimously elected | George Washington to preside. |
| James Madison of Virginia | is known as the Father of the Constitution. |
| The Virginia Plan | Proposed 3 branches of government, 2 houses of Congress (House of Rep. & Senate) with members based on population. |
| The Virginia Plan was good for | the large states. |
| The New Jersey Plan | proposed a government with 3 branches and a Congress with only one house, with equal representation for all states. |
| The New Jersey Plan was criticized by some for being too much like | the Articles of Confederation. |
| Benjamin Franklin | The oldest member of the Convention - 81 years old. |
| Roger Sherman proposed what came to be known as the | Great Compromise. |
| The Great Compromise proposed | a two house legislature. In the House the number of seats would be based on population. In the Senate, each state would have 2 members. |
| The Three Branches of Government | Legislative, Judicial, Executive |
| Legislative | Makes the laws (Congress) |
| Executive | Executes/Carries out the laws |
| Judicial | Judges/Interprets the law (court system) |
