| A | B |
|---|
| Virginia Plan | bicameral |
| bicameral | 2-house legislature |
| New Jersey | William Patterson |
| unicameral | 1 house legislature |
| James Madison | introduced the Virginia Plan |
| Connecticut Compromise | Great Compromise also known as this |
| Great Compromise | Senate -2per state-100 members |
| Great Compromise | House-based on population-435 members |
| 3/5 Compromise | every five enslaved person would count as three free persons |
| Slaves | used to determine taxation and representation |
| Northern States | Congress should regulate foreign and interstate commerce |
| Southern states | feared Congress would tax export |
| Commerce and Slave trade Commerce | Congress would regulate foreign and interstate trade |
| Commerce and Slave Trade Commerce | Congress would not tax exports |
| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise | Congress would not interfere with the slave trade until 1808 |
| Electoral College | selects the President |
| Federalist | supported the constitution |
| Anti-Federalist | opposed the constitution |
| Bill of Rights | agreed upon by the Federalists and Anti-Federalists |
| executive | carries out and enforces |
| legislative | writes and makes |
| judicial | interprets |
| 270 | # of electoral votes needed to become president |
| a state's electoral votes | add the number of senators plus members of the house |
| purpose of the Constitutional Convention | revise the Articles |
| Virginia & New Jersey Compromise | differed over the issue of equal representation |
| Senate | 2 per state equal 100 |
| 1st 10 amendments-Bill Of Rights | protects individual liberties |
| Great Compromise | settled differences over representation in Congress |
| census | determined electoral votes conducted every 10 years |
| Rhode Island | did not attend the Constitutional Convention |
| John Locke | ideas used by Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence |
| inalienable rights | life, libery, and pursuit of happiness |
| natural rights | life, liberty, and property |
