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Government department that makes laws. Virginia Plan proposal for a twohouse legislature with representation according to each state's population or wealth.
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Constitutional Convention 1787 meeting at which the U.S. Constitution was created.
Founders people who helped create the U.S. Constitution.
James Madison Prominent adviser to the Constitutional Convention. Sometimes known as the “Father of the Constitution”.
Legislative branch Government department that makes laws.
Virginia Plan proposal for a two house legislature with representation according to each state’s population or wealth.
Checks & balances the ability of each branch of government to exercise checks, or controls, over the other branches.
New Jersey Plan proposal for a legislature in which each state would have one vote.
Great Compromise agreement to establish a two house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in 1 house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house.
Executive branch government department that enforces laws.
Judicial branch government department that interprets laws.
Three fifths Compromise agreement that 3/5’s of a state’s slave population would be counted for representation and taxation.
Delegates at the Annapolis Convention wanted to create national trade laws, which led to the call for a national convention this then turned into the “Constitutional Convention”.