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| Question | Answer |
| Federalists papers. | s a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution |
| Constitutional Convention | addressed problems about the government in america. |
| Virginia Plan | proposal for bicameral legislative system. |
| New Jersey Plan | called for two houses of congress |
| Connecticut Compromise | agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution |
| Federalists | advocate of federalism |
| 3/5th Compromise | how the slaves were counted |
| Anti Federalists | were a group of diverse individuals that formed to oppose the ratification (passage) of the new federal Constitution in 1787. |
| Slave trade compromise | restricted the counting of slaves |
| Electoral College | institution that elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years. |
| Founding Fathers] | ndividuals of the Thirteen British Colonies in North America who led the American Revolution against the authority of the British Crown and established the United States of America. It is also used more narrowly, referring specifically to those who either signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 or who were delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention and took part in drafting the proposed Constitution of the United States. |
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