1787, Year when the Constitution was written, Constitutional Convention, Meeting held in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation, New Jersey Plan, Plan suggested that representation in Congress be based on equality; favored by the small states., Virginia Plan, Plan suggested representation based on population; supported by the large states., Great Compromise, suggested that Congress be bicameral and consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives. Each state would have 2 senators and representation in the House of Representatives would be based on population., Three-Fifths Compromise, For purposes of representation and taxation slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a white person., Bicameral, means two houses, Legislative Branch, Headed by Congress and is responsible for making the laws, Executive Branch, Headed by the President and is responsible for enforcing the laws, Judicial Branch, Headed by the Supreme Court and is responsible for interpreting the laws, constitution, a written plan for government, Preamble, Introduction to the Constitution ("We the People") which states the reasons for the creation of a new government., George Washington, Delegate from Virginia and president of the Constitutional Convention, James Madison, author of the Virginia Plan who is known as the Father of the Constitution, Federalists, People who supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and who favored a stronger national government., Anti-Federalists, People who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution because it failed to include a Bill of Rights., Federalist Papers, Series of essays written by Hamilton, Madison and John Jay to persuade Americans to ratify the Constitution

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