Chapter 2; section 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Framers | A group of delegates who attended the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 to write the Constitution |
| Virginia Plan | Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population |
| New Jersey Plan | Opposite of the Virginia Plan, it proposed a single-chamber congress in which each state had one vote. This created a conflict with representation between bigger states, who wanted control befitting their population, and smaller states, who didn't want to be bullied by larger states. |
| Connecticut Compromise | Compromise agreement by states at the Constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature with a lower house in which representation would be based on population and an upper house in which each state would have two senators |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | 3/5 of all slaves counted as (Congressional) population |
| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise | an agreement during the Constitutional Convention protecting slave holders; denied Congress the power to tax the export of goods from any State, and, for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade. |
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