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2 CONVENTION -May 1787 Philadelphia -12 of 13 states Rhode Island absent -55 Delegates

3 DECISIONS MADE -rewrite gov’t -1 vote per state -keep meeting a secret -majority rules

4 ISSUES AT DEBATE -representation large states small states -slavery -economics

5 VIRGINIA PLAN -James Madison -3 branches -bicameral Congress -population based

6 NEW JERSEY PLAN -small state plan -equal voting -group executive -Promoted state’s rights

7 COMPROMISES -Great Compromise House Senate -3/5 Compromise -Slave Trade Compromise

8 NEW GOV’T -much stronger -power to tax -regulate trade -strong executive -needed 9 of 13 to ratify

9 RATIFICATION -Federalists -Anti-Federalist -Federalist Papers support the new government -Bill of Rights promised

10 RATIFICATION -Federalists -Anti-Federalist -Federalist Papers support the new government -Bill of Rights promised

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