Fast and Curious - Constitutional Convention

held in May 1787 in Philadelphia to improve the Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Articles of Convention

• Virginia Plan

• Constitutional Convention

present at the Constitutional Convention

• James Madison

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry

• Joe Biden

plan that favored larger states with representation based on population

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• Connecticut Compromise

plan that favored smaller states where each state would get the same number of votes each in Congress.

• Connecticut Plan

• Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

the agreement that created a two-house legislature with a Senate and House of Representatives.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

• Great Compromise

compromise that called for only three fifths of a state's enslaved population to be counted when determining representation.

• Great Compromise

• Three Fifths Compromise

• Slave Trade Compromise

• Rutledge Plan

the idea that political authority is in the hand of the people

• legislative branch

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

• amendments

branch of government that makes laws

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

branch of government that runs the government

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

branch of government that is made up of all of the national courts

• executive

• legislative

• judicial