US Constitution

After the American states declared independence, their first plan for a national government was called the ________________.

What was the problem with the first plan of our national government?

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on: one vote per state, the state's size, the state's total population, the state's voting population

Where was the Constitution Convention held to discuss changes to the first plan?

What did they name the new document that was written at the Convention?

The _________________ combined both of the plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan, and created a two house Congress. One with equal representation and one based on population.

How many branches of government are there according to the new government?

Checks and balances refer to ...

Supporters of the Constitution called themselves

This plan based representation in government on population and was supported by large (population wise) states (like South Carolina)