What ideas about national government did teh Framers agree to include in the new constitution? The national government needed to be strong but powers of government need to be limited What did the Framers agree was the purpose of government? To protect fundamental rights and promote the common good What kind of government did the Framers decide to include in the constitution? a republican form of government where elected representatives made sure the government served the common good How did the Framers decide to limit the power of the government? Separate powers between the three branches of government and create a system of checks and balances so that one branch did not have too much power What was the first problem the Framers had when writing the Constitution? They had to decide what would be a fair way to represent all states in Congress What is equal representation? Equal representation means that each state, no matter how big or small, gets the same number of representatives in Congress. What is proportional representation? The number of representatives a state has in Congress depends on how many people live in the state. What type of representation would the smaller states want and why? The smaller states would want equal representation because there were 7 small states and 6 large states in the original 13 states and the small states would have more power than the large states. What kind of representation would the large states want and why? The large states would want proportional representation because they would have all the power in Congress Under the Virginia Plan, which would be stronger: the state governments or the national government The Virginia Plan proposed a STRONG national government. What is a federal government? another word for a national or central government How many branches of government were proposed in the Virginia Plan? 3 branches including the executive, legislative, and judicial branch How was the national legislature structured under the Virginia Plan? The Virginia Plan proposed that the legislature be divided into two houses.. the house of representatives and the senate How would the government determine the number of representatives to the legislature under the Virginia Plan? Representatives to the legislature would be determined by proportional representation Did the New Jersey Plan propose a strong or weak central government? The New Jersey plan proposed a weak central government. How was the legislature structured under the New Jersey Plan? Congress would be made of only ONE house How would each state determine the number of representatives to Congress under the New Jersey Plan? The number of representatives to Congress would be determined by EQUAL REPRESENTATION under the New Jersey Plan A SET OF CARDS TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR STUDY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
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