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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 Constitutinal Invention. |
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| Proposal for two-house legislater with representation according to each states population or wealth. |
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| Propsal for a legislature in which each state would have one vote. |
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| Agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representational in one house and each state having representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house. |
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| Agreement that three-fifths of a state's slave population would be counted for representation and taxation. |
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| Government department that enforces laws. |
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| Government department that interprets laws. |
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| Glvernment that makes laws. |
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| The ability of each branch of government to exercise checks, or controls, over the other branches. |
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