Constitutional Convention

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  1. 3. Large states believed representation should be based on this
  2. 7. The number of votes each state gets in the Senate
  3. 9. Thepresident of the Constitutional Convention
  4. 10. The compromise that counted enslaved people as 3/5 of a person
  5. 15. The rebellion by farmers protesting unfair taxes that showed the government was too weak
  6. 16. The number of months the delegates worked on the Constitution (May to September)
  7. 17. The house of Congress where representation is based on population (House of _____)
  8. 19. The building in Philadelphia where the convention took place (_____ Hall)
  9. 20. The oldest delegate who encouraged compromise and cooperation
  10. 21. The number of states represented at the convention
  11. 22. The branch of government that includes Congress
  12. 24. The branch of government that includes the Supreme Court
  13. 25. The year the Constitutional Convention was held
  14. 26. The city where the Constitutional Convention was held in 1787
  15. 27. After the Revolutionary War, states fought over this and trade
  16. 28. The first weak government that couldn't collect taxes or enforce laws
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  1. 1. The document created by the delegates that still guides the U.S. today
  2. 2. The number of delegates who attended the convention
  3. 4. The state that did not send delegates to the convention
  4. 5. The branch of government that includes the President
  5. 6. The compromise that created two houses of Congress with different representation methods
  6. 8. The duration of the Constitutional Convention in months
  7. 11. Smaller states wanted every state to have this type of representation
  8. 12. The month when delegates signed the Constitution (September 17, ____)
  9. 13. The number of branches the framers divided government power into
  10. 14. The fraction that enslaved people were counted as for representation
  11. 18. The date the Constitution was signed (September ____, 1787)
  12. 23. Known as the "Father of the Constitution," he wrote many key ideas