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| What city did delegates met in to revise the Articles of Confederation? | Philadelphia |
| What was the main purpose of the Philadelphia/Constitutional convention? | To revise the articles of Confederation |
| Which state refused to send delegates to the convention? | Rhode Island |
| How many delegates attended the Constitutional Convention? | 55 |
| Describe the delegtes to the Constitutional Convention? | well to do, middle aged, white, male and who had political experience |
| What three groups were excluded from the Constitutional Convention? | Native American, African Americans, and Women |
| Who was the oldest delegate? | Benjamin Franklin |
| Who was elected to preside over the convention? | George Washington |
| What rule had to be upheld above all others at the convention when not in chambers? | Secracy Rule |
| What plan of representation called for: 3 branches of govt., bicameral leg. and representation based on population? | Virginia Plan |
| Who wrote the Virginia Plan? | James Madison |
| What states were favored by the Virginia Plan? | states with large populations |
| What plan called for a unicameral legislature and equal represenation? | New Jersey Plan |
| Who wrote the New Jersey Plan? | William Patterson |
| What type of state would be infavor of the New Jersey plan? | states with small populations |
