| A | B |
|---|
| Constitutional Convention | its goal was to revise the Articles of Confederation, but instead produced a new United States Constitution. |
| Virginia Plan | called for a strong national government with three branches. |
| Legislative Branch | pass the laws |
| Executive Branch | carry out the laws |
| Judicial Branch | system of courts, would decide whether laws or the Constitution were violated. |
| New Jersey Plan | called for three branches of government, and provided for a legislature that had only one house. |
| Compromise | a settlement of peaceful solution, in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement. |
| Great Compromise | the creation of a two-house legislature. |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | three fifths of the enslaved people in any state would be counted. |
