SOL 5: Part 2
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sam2497 on April 15, 2012
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The student will demonstrate knowledge of the issues involved in the creation and ratificatioin of the Constitution of the United States and how the principle of limited government, consend of the governed, and the social contract are embodied in it by identifying themajor compromises neessary to pr (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The Constitution | This established a goverment that shared power between the national government and state goverments, protected the rights of states, and provided a system for orderly change through amendments to the Constitution itself. |
| Federal Law | This was the supreme law of the land when constitutional, but otherwise gave the states considerable leeway to govern themselves. |
| Power | This was balanced between large and small states by creating a Senate and a House of Representatives. |
| Senate | Where each state has two senators. |
| House of Representatives | Where membership was based on population |
| Slaves Representation | Placated the Southern states by counting slaves as three-fifths of the population when determining representation in the House of Representatives |
| Co-Equal Branches | Legislative, Executive and Judicial, with numerous checks and balances. |
| Key Leaders | George Washington an d James Madison |
| George Washington | President of the Convention, he presided at the Convention and, although seldom participating in the debates, lent his enormous prestige to the proceedings. |
| James Madison | "Father of the Constitution", Virginian and brillian political philosopher, often led the debate and dept copious notes of the proceedings, he authored the "Virginia Plan" and later authored much of the Billl of Rights. |
| Madison's Notes | The best record historians have of what transpired at the Constitutional Convention. |
| Virginia Plan | Proposed a federal goverment of three separate branches (legislative, executive, judicial) and became the foundation for the structure of the new government. |
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