Three fifths compromise example #42130

A compromise where every 5 enslaved people counted as 3 in the states population.

Leaders that came together to change the Articles of Confederation.

A plan created by Edmund Randolph where the votes are counted based on population

A plan where legislatures would have a singe house with each state having one vote.

A compromise created by Roger Sherman that proposed different representation in the two-house legislature. The upper house had 2 senators for each state while the lower house was based on population.

A camp that believed in a strong central government that shared powers with the states, and supported the Constitution.

A camp that was suspicious of the new central government and preferred direct democracy and local rule.

At the Consitutional Convention James Madison created a plan for a new government. 4th president.

A man who created the Great Compromise.

a supreme law that defines the structure of a nation-state's regime and the legal processes governments must follow

Division of power among the three branches of the federal government under the Constitution.

This thing prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful

first ten amendments to the Constitution regarding basic protections of rights from the government, passed in response to the Anti-Federalist argument against the initial Constitution

to approve a law or amendment