Articles of Confederation (1777-1787) - This was the first constitution for the United States. It only lasted 10 years because it had many weaknesses. It took 9 of 13 states to pass any law., Constitutional Convention (1787) - Delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss revising the Articles. Delegates decides the Articles of Confederation needed to much revising so they decided to rewrite a whole new government., Federalist - Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay wanted a strong central government. This meant the government would be limited but would still have enough power to govern efficiently., Anti-federalist - Patrick Henry, George Mason, Sam Adams wanted a weak Government. Wanted to keep Articles or add a bill of rights so people’s rights would not be taken away. Wanted more rights to protect people., Virginia Plan - Big States. Number of seats in Government would depend on population. This meant the bigger the state the more people that would represent that state in Congress., New Jersey Plan - Small States. They wanted equal representation in government no matter the population., Great Compromise - Delegates agreed to adopt both plans and create a two house Government. The House of representatives where the number of representatives is based on population and the senate where each state gets equal representation., ⅗ Compromise - A compromise was made to count slaves as 3/5ths of a person for purpose of setting taxes or determining a state’s population., Legislative - Makes the laws, Executive - Enforces or carries out the laws, Judicial - Tells us what law means, House of Representatives - Representation depends on population, Senate - Each state has 2 representatives,

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