1 janv. 1787 - Constitutional Convention

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-State delegates met to create a new Constitution with a stronger federal government
-Virginia Plan: Strong centralized state, three branches, bicameral legislature (Two houses in Congress based on population)
-New Jersey Plan: Unicameral legislature (One house where every state got equal representation)
-Great Compromise: Bicameral legislature (House of Representatives based on population and voted on by the people; Senate every state got two votes and was voted for by state legislatures)
-Three Fifths Compromise: Three-fifths of a state's slave population would be counted for the House of Representatives
-President elected through the electoral college
-9/13 states had to agree to ratify this new Constitution

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