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- Three-Fifths Compromise
- Proposed that slaves be partially counted toward
- Patrick Henry
- opposed the constitutional convention and did not attend
- Roger Sherman
- Headed the committe that came up with the Great Compromise
- George Washington
- Presided ovet the constitutional convention
- Federalism
- A form of government that divides power between national and state governments
- Bill Of Rights
- The first 10 amendments to the Constution
- Rhode Island
- Opposed a stronger central government and chose not to attend the constitutional convention
- Article I
- Part of the constitutional that deals with the legislative branch
- Checks and Balances
- Keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful
- Article II
- Provides for the exective, or law enforcing branch of the government
- Expressed Powers
- Specifically granted to the national government
- Electoral College
- Group of people that are picked to select the president and vice president
- Concurrent powers
- shared by the stated and federal governments
- Benjamin Franklin
- Famous diploment, writer,inventor, and scientist who attended the constitutional convention
- Rule of Law
- States that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
- Anti-Federalist
- objected to the new constitution's lack of bill of rights
- Popular sovereignty
- The idea that power lies with the people
- Great Compomise
- Proposed that congress have a senate and a house of representatives
- Necessary and proper clause
- allows congress to exercise implied powers
- Preamble
- the opening sectiono of the constitution