Constitutional Convention Review

1.  What is a delegate?

A person or group of people chosen to represent a state.

2.  When and where did delegates go to discuss the new government of the United States?  

The delegate went to Philadelphia on May during the year 1787 to discuss the new government.

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What state is pictured to the left? Virginia What is this state’s plan for a new federal government?  Decide to create a whole new government. They can tax the people and also regulate trade. The federal government can also veto state laws. There are three different branches of government and the legislator has two houses. Also the number of representatives were chosen by the population of each state.

What state is pictured to the left? New Jersey  What was this state’s plan for a new federal government?   Decide to reform the Articles of Confederation. Congress can tax and can also regulate trade. Three branches of government. One house in congress. Every state gets one vote.

5.  Considering the two plans above, how did the Constitutional Congress decide on the structure of the new federal government?  What was this plan called?  

The Legislative Branch will have two houses. The House of Representatives and The Senate. The House of Representatives is based on the population of each state and also every state can have two senators. Both of these also made laws. This new structure of the federal government is called The Great Compromise.

6.  The House of Representatives has Representation chosen based on the population of each state.

7.  The Senate is made up of two representatives from each state.

8.  How did the founding fathers decide about the representation of slaves in the new government? 

Since the founding fathers could not end slavery, they decided to make the slaves part of the population. They decided that one slave counted as 3/5's of a person. 5 slaves would equal 3 white men meaning that 3 slaves would equal 1 count in the population.