Creating The Constitution

3. Power given to Congress to control trade
5. Power given to Congress to collect taxes
9. establish local governments, establish public schools, administer elections, establish licensing requirements
13. "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.
17. Branch of government responsible for enforcing laws
18. Legislative Branch of the Constitution
20. congress could tax imports but not exports
21. the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president
23. the lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of representatives from each state, depending on population
24. Declare war, regulate banks, negotiate treaties

1. Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
2. each slave would count for 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation purposes
4. the upper house of Congress, consisting of two representatives from each state
5. Branch of government responsible for making laws
6. Executive Branch of the Constitution
7. Principle that divides power between the state and national government
8. Two house legislature
10. Branch of government responsible for interpreting laws and settling disputes
11. A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress
12. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches
14. Requires majority vote of 50% plus one
15. Judicial Branch of the Constitution
16. Congress could not regulate or outlaw slavery or slave trade until 1808
19. Power given to Congress to raise military forces
22. Division of powers between state and national government