Constitutional Convention - Meeting held in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, New Jersey Plan - Supported by the small states; asked for equal representation in Congress, Virginia Plan - Supported by the large states; asked for representation based on population in Congress, Great Compromise / Connecticut Plan - Solved the issue of representation in Congress; created a bicameral legislature, Bicameral Congress - Two houses; Senate and House of Representatives, Three-Fifths Compromise - Solved the issue of how slaves would be counted; for purposes of representation and taxation slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a white person, Federalists - People who supported the ratification of the Constitution, Anti-Federalists - People who opposed the ratification of the Constitution, Articles of Confederation - Created a weak national government and a strong state government; replaced by the U.S. Constitution, James Madison - Author of the Virginia Plan and known as the father of the Constitution,

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