there needed to be three equal branches of government‚ the executive‚ legislative‚ and the judicial branch. A compromise that was made was the Great Compromise. The Great Compromise was an agreement that small and large states made. This compromise stated the representation and legislative structure each state should have under the U.S. Constitution. The outcome of the Great Compromise was that each state would have two representatives in the upper house. The judicial
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the subject‚ grade level and the goal of the lesson plan. 7th grade Civics. Goal: 1. Identify the key issues discussed at the Constitutional Convention; 2. Describe the problems and solutions that were addressed by the Great Compromise of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. How did this lesson plan differ from the required lesson plan of this course? Much less detailed‚ in fact I would even call it vague. 2) Did the plan include an assessment? Not
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of England. Just to be split like an axe dividing a piece of wood. The conflict between the larger and southern states will grow into much more than just a debate. The Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan will not work and be productive. The Great Compromise will let the nation thrive because it critiques both plans and let’s the north and south work together. Let me explain why James Madison’s plan will not work. The Virginia plan is a good plan to not say the least. That the amount of representatives
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portioned by population was proposed. Allowing this Senate to lead all foreign affairs‚ assemble a council of revisions that would have the power to veto both national and state legislation. James Madison‚ the “Distracting Question” in Philadelphia (1787). Faragher‚ Buhle‚ Czitrom & Armitage‚ (2009‚ p. 185) The opposition proposed a plan drafted by William Patterson. This plan became known as the “Virginia Plan”‚ this plan was also to increase the federal government’s power and control‚ but with
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of Confederation. Once a compromise was reached‚ the Articles of Confederation (AOC) was ratified on March 1‚ 1781. Not too long after ratification‚ Americans realized that the United States needed a more central government. An unknown
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The Constitutional Convention that took place in Philadelphia on May 29th‚ 1787 contained three vital and crucial parts that make up our constitution today. The Convention consisted of four million residents. The main objective was to establish a new union. The constitutional convention contains three vital parts. The first being the Virginia plan otherwise known as the large state plan. Therefore containing a plan with two house legislatures‚ and judges elected by the legislature. The Virginia
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The Great Compromise The Great Compromise was a debate during the Constitution Convention on determining on how many representatives of each state should have under the new governments law making branch. This is known as being one of the most important debates in American history because of the foundation it laid for what our legislative government is today. Originally‚ Congress would be seen as a 1 chamber with only a certain number of representatives per state. The debate was how many representatives
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THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 A little after the Manifest Destiny‚ the U.S. faced a series of troubles of sectional balances over whether or not the land acquired should be free or slavery states. The Compromise of 1850‚ proposed by Senator Henry Clay‚ included measures that dealt with the land acquired specifically from the Mexican War. Until 1845‚ it had seemed likely that slavery would be confined to the areas where it already existed. It had been given limits by the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and
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Emma Toomey AP US History Mr. Eschle- Period 7 10.16.12 Written Analysis #4 The Missouri Compromise had many effects on American culture‚ including an economic effect by prohibiting slavery in the unorganized territory north of Missouri’s southern border‚ a political suspicion between those representing the south and those representing the north as well as a balance of slave and free states‚ and had a social impact by creating a definite separation between “the North” and “the South” and also
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Civil war began in 1787? Though the Civil War itself did not begin in 1787‚ many events from that point lead up to it. Such events like the creation of the “Northwest Ordinance of 1787”. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was a system of government for the territory North of Ohio. In these territories slavery would be prohibited. While in the south cotton was becoming very profitable after the invention of the cotton gin in 1793. The southern economy depended solely on cotton production. They
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