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delegate
A person who represents, or acts for, others at a meeting such as a convention or a conference. 55 of these people from 12 states [not including Rhode Island] met in Philadelphia in 1787 for the Constitutional Convention.
Constitutional Convention
Meeting of 55 delegates from 12 states [not including Rhode Island] in Philadelphia in 1787 to fix the Articles of Confederation, who later decided on writing a new Constitution.
Framers
Refers to the leaders who attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and wrote the U.S. Constitution.
James Madison
A delegate to the Constitutional Convention, he developed the Virginia Plan. He was also the 4th president of the United States.
Virginia Plan
A proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention, which proposed a federal system of government with three different branches. Although not all aspects of this plan were adopted, it formed the basis of the new Constitution.
federal system/federalism
When a nation's powers are divided between a central government and the governments of individual states.
federal govenment
The national government, or central government, in a federal system. The U.S. government today.
branches
Three parts of a government, including the legislative, executive, and judicial parts.
legislative branch/legislature
They make the bills [proposal], which later turn into laws. In the U.S. government, it is called Congress and is made up of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
bill
A proposed law.
executive branch
The branch that enforces, or carries out, the laws. In the U.S. federal government, the president of the United States is the head.
judicial branch
The branch that manages disputes of law and interprets the laws [explains the meaning] and runs the court system. The Supreme Court is the highest of this branch.
New Jersey Plan
A proposal by William Paterson, it called for a single house in the legislature and for each state to have one vote. This idea of equal representation would give small states like New Jersey as much power as the large states.
Roger Sherman
He proposed the Great Compromise, which became the framework for the U.S. Congress, having the House of Representatives [with proportional representation] and the Senate [with equal representation].
compromise
An agreement between two or more parties to settle a difficult issue. This is often done by mutual concessions, or by each side giving up something they want.
Great Compromise
The legislature would have two houses, and in one house, the Senate, each state would have the same number of representatives [equal representation]. In the other house, the House of Representatives, the number of representatives would be based on population [proportional representation].
Senate
A house of Congress, every state has two people who sit in this house to make laws.
House of Representatives
A house of Congress, each state has an amount of people based upon the population of that statee who sit in this house to make laws.
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