A | B |
Virginia Plan | called for 3 branches of government and a 2 house legislature based on population |
New Jersey Plan | called for 3 branches of government and a one house legislature /one vote for each state |
compromise | settlement on each side in which each side agrees to give up some of its demands |
Great Compromise | composed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut |
Part #1 of Great Compromise | two house legislature-each state gets 2 senators House of Reps. based on the population of each state |
3/5's Compromise | 3 out of every 5 slaves in the South could be counted as part of the population |
Randolph and Madison | proposed the Virginia Plan |
William Paterson | proposed the New Jersey Plan |
Turkey | Ben Franklin's chose for our national symbol |
Rhode Island | Only state not to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention |
Philadelphia | Site of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 |
Ben Franklin | Oldest menber to the convention |