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As you enter the room… Please pick up all the papers from the front of the room Please get a History text book from the shelf by the window at the back of the room Review the Calling of the Constitutional Convention reading

The Constitutional Convention

Virginia Plan New Jersey Plan

Their Similarities Give Congress power to tax and regulate trade Add an executive and judicial branch

The Virginia Plan Proposed by Edmund Randolph (VA) Bicameral legislature = 2 houses Representation based on population Give more power to national government National government could veto state laws Preferred by larger states

The New Jersey Plan Proposed by William Paterson (NJ) Unicameral legislature = 1 house Equal voting (1 vote/state) Give more power to the states Preferred by smaller states

The Great Compromise A 2-house legislature was created 1st house  SENATE Representation based on equality 2nd house  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Representation based on population

The Three-Fifths Compromise Northern states  NO Southern states  YES Decision: 3/5ths of a state’s slave population would count toward total population EXAMPLE: South Carolina 10,000 non-slaves 10,000 slaves TOTAL POPULATION = 16,000 people