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| constitutional convention |
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| 1787 meeting at which the U.S. constitution was created |
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| people who helped create the U.S constitution |
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| Prominent adviser to the constitutional convention |
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| Propsal for a two-house legislature with representation according to each states population or wealth |
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| propasal for a legislature in which each state would have one vote |
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| agreement to esablish a two-house national legislature, with all astates having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house |
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| agreement that three-ffths of a states slave population would be counted for representation and taxation |
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| governent department that makes laws |
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| government department that interprets laws |
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| government department that makes laws |
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| the ablitity of each branch of government to exercise checks or controls over the other branches |
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