chapter 8 lesson 3
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- legislative branch
- Congress which was responsible for proposing bills and passing them into laws.
- what happened at the constitutional convention
- to revise the articles of confederation
- three fifths compromise
- said that 3/5 of the slave population would count as the state population for any matters
- what significance did William Peterson have?
- he presented the New Jersey Plan to the Congress.
- federalism
- The distribution of governmental power between a central authority and the states or provinces that make up the nation.
- executive branch
- the president and administrative departments of the government.
- The Great Compromise
- a comprimise between the big state, small state plan in representing themselves in Congress
- who was James Madison
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one of the most important delegates to the convention. he particapated deeply in the conversations of the convention
- judicial branch
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made up of all the national courts, which is responsible for interpreting laws, punsihing criminals, ans settling disputes between states.
- checks and balances
- a system to prevent any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
- New jersey plan
- proposed that the states keep the existing organization of Congress. to ensure that even small states had a voice
- Virginia Plan
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a plan that would determine the representatives for each branch of government based on the population of each state