| A | B |
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| Bicameral | A Two House Legislature |
| Great Compromise | The plan agreed to during the writing of the Constitution that created the House of Representatives in which each state was given votes based on its population, and the Senate, in which each state was given equal votes. |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | Counted each slave as three fifths of a person when a state’s population was calculated. |
| Constitution | A body of principles which a state is to be governed. |
| Constitutional Convention | The gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States in 1787 |
| Delegates | A person sent or authorized to represent others. |
| Madison's Plan | Madison submitted a plan to replace the Articles of Confederation, also known as the Virginia Plan it called for three separate sections of government: the executive branch , the legislative branch , and the judicial branch. |
| Excutive Branch | The branch of government responsible for executing or enforcing the laws. |
| Judicial Branch | The court systems of local, state, and federal governments, responsible for interpreting the laws passed by the legislative branch and enforced by the executive branch |
| Legislative Branch | the part of the United States government that creates laws. |
| Articles of Confederation | The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789. |
