| A | B |
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| Northwest Ordinance | divided the territory into smaller territories with a governor |
| Northwest Ordinance | once a territory had 5000 voters it could elect a legislature |
| Roger Sherman | presented a plan that became the Great Compromise |
| republic | a country governed by elected representatives |
| Federalists | supporters of the Constitution |
| September 17, 1787 | the delegates declared the Constitution complete |
| ratify | to formally approve a plan or an agreement |
| electoral college | the group established by the Constitution to select the president and vice-president |
| The Three-fifths Compromise | each slave would count as 3/5 of a person when determining a state's population |
| The Great Compromise | proposed a two-house legislature, with Representatives determined by the state's population and the Senate containing two Senators from each state |
| compromise | an agreement in which both sides in a dispute agree to give up something they want in order to achieve a settlement |
| constitution | a written plan that provides the basic framework of government |
| The New Jersey Plan | called for a government with three branches with a legislature consisting of one body: each state would have an equal vote, regardless of size |
| The Virginia Plan | called for a strong national government: the number of legislators each state had in the legislature depended on the population of the state |
| Benjamin Franklin | the senior delegate, he was 81 |
| George Washington | voted to be president of the Constitutional Convention |
| Daniel Shays | hero of Bunker Hill that led a rebellion against judicial orders to sell land and livestock to pay off debts |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
| Articles of Confederation | the original plan to unite the new states into a country |
| Articles of Confederation | limited by lack of ability to collect taxes |
| Northwest Territory | name given to land in the Ohio Valley |
| Shay's Rebellion | shocked the government into calling for the Constitutional Convention |
| delegates to the Constitutional Convention | well-bred, well-fed, well-read, well-wed |
| The Rule of Secrecy | important rule of the Convention |
| Northwest Ordinance | settlers had full rights as citizens |
| Northwest Ordinance | forbid slavery in the Territory |
| Philadelphia | site of the Constitutional Convention |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | established how territories would be structured |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | set guidelines for how territories could take steps to become states |
