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- 2. Jersey Plan The plan presented at the Philadelphia Convention that called for a one-house national legislature with each state having equal representation.
- 4. clause The clause provided that each slave should be counted as three-fifths of a person in determining the number of representatives a state might send to the House of Representatives.
- 6. Compromise A plan accepted at the Philadelphia Convention that called for Congress to have two houses. In the Senate representation of the states would be equal, with each state having two senators.
- 7. tax on imported or exported goods or a list or system that describes such taxes. fugitive slave clause which stated that slaves who escaped must be returned to their owners. It was later abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment.
- 9. representation The electoral system in which the number of representatives for a state is based on the number of people who live in that state.
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- 1. The power or authority to hear cases and make decisions.
- 3. College The group of presidential electors who cast the official votes for president and vice-president after a presidential election.
- 5. representation The idea that each state should have the same number of representatives in Congress.
- 8. Plan The plan presented at the Philadelphia Convention that provided for a national government composed of three branches.