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American Government Chapter 2 Section 4

The Framers Selected by State Legislatures Arguably the Most Dynamic Assemblage of Political Personalities of the Century

Motivation Originally Intended to Amend Articles of Confederation Quickly Changes to Replace Articles of Confederation

Virginia Plan Bicameral Legislature –Seats Determined by Population or Financial Support –Lower House Elected by Populace –Upper House Appointed by State Legislatures Separate Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches National Government Superior to State Governments

New Jersey Plan Unicameral Legislature States Equally Represented Federal Executive of More Than One Person

Connecticut Compromise Bicameral Legislature Lower House Seats Determined by Population Upper House – Equal Representation

Three-Fifths Compromise Addresses Population Count in Large Slave States All Free Persons Counted All Other Persons at a 3/5 Ratio Addresses Taxation and Representation

Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise Forbade Action to Tax State Exports Forbade Action on the Slave Trade for Twenty Years

Sources of Inspiration Blackstone – Commentaries on the Laws of England Montesquieu – The Spirit of Law Rousseau – Social Contract Locke – Two Treatises of Government