1787 - Year when the Constitution was written, Constitutional Convention - Meeting held in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation, New Jersey Plan - Plan suggested that representation in Congress be based on equality; favored by the small states., Virginia Plan - Plan suggested representation based on population; supported by the large states., Great Compromise - suggested that Congress be bicameral and consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives. Each state would have 2 senators and representation in the House of Representatives would be based on population., Three-Fifths Compromise - For purposes of representation and taxation slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a white person., Bicameral - means two houses, Legislative Branch - Headed by Congress and is responsible for making the laws, Executive Branch - Headed by the President and is responsible for enforcing the laws, Judicial Branch - Headed by the Supreme Court and is responsible for interpreting the laws, constitution - a written plan for government, Preamble - Introduction to the Constitution ("We the People") which states the reasons for the creation of a new government., George Washington - Delegate from Virginia and president of the Constitutional Convention, James Madison - author of the Virginia Plan who is known as the Father of the Constitution, Federalists - People who supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and who favored a stronger national government., Anti-Federalists - People who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution because it failed to include a Bill of Rights., Federalist Papers - Series of essays written by Hamilton, Madison and John Jay to persuade Americans to ratify the Constitution,

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