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__Plans and Compromises of the Constitution__


 * The Virginia Plan
 * Called for a new government with three seperate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
 * Proposed by Edmund Randolph.
 * Checks and balances in order to prevent the abuse of power.
 * Describes two houses: one with members elected for 3 years and the other with older leaders for terms of 7 years.
 * Dealt with population
 * The New Jersey Plan
 * Retained the unicameral Congress of the Confederation.
 * Called for a "federal executive" of more than one person.
 * Dealt with equal representation in each state.
 * The Great Compromise/Connecticut Compromise
 * This compromise settled the disputes between the Virginia and New Jersey plans.
 * It created a bicameral legislature with the House concerned with population and the Senate concerned with equal representation (2 reps per state).
 * The Three-Fifths Compromise
 * Slaves only counted as 3/5 of a person in state population count.
 * This was established so that southern and slave states would agree to the terms of the constitution.
 * The Commerce Compromise
 * Exports were not allowed to be taxed.
 * Imports were allowed to be taxed.
 * The Slave Trade Compromise
 * Ended the slave trade in 1808.
 * Only ended slave trading that was outside of the United States.
 * Slave trading in the United States was still allowed.

__Articles of the Confederation and the Constitution__ __**Formal name of the nation**__ __**Members of Congress**__ __**Voting in Congress**__ __**Appointment of members**__ __**Term of legislative office**__ __**Term limit for legislative office**__ __**Congressional Pay**__ __**When Congress is not in session...**__ __**Chair of legislature**__ __**National Judiciary**__ __**Adjudicator of disputes between states**__ __**New States**__ __**Amendment**__ __**Navy**__ __**Army**__ __**Power to coin money**__ __**Ex post facto laws**__ __**Bills of attainder**__ __**Taxes**__ __**Ratification**__
 * Articles:** The United States of America
 * Constitution:** (not specified, but referred to in the Preamble as "the United States of America")
 * __Legislature__**
 * Articles:** Unicameral, called Congress
 * Constitution:** Bicameral, called Congress, divided into the House of Representatives and the Senate
 * Articles:** Between two and seven members per state
 * Constitution:** Two Senators per state, Representatives apportioned according to population of each state
 * Articles:** One vote per state
 * Constitution:** One vote per Representative or Senator
 * Articles:** All appointed by state legislatures, in the manner each legislature directed
 * Constitution:** Representatives elected by popular vote, Senators appointed by state legislatures
 * Articles:** One year
 * Constitution:** Two years for Representatives, six for Senators
 * Articles:** No more than three out of every six years
 * Constitution:** None
 * Articles:** Paid by states
 * Constitution:** Paid by the federal government
 * Articles:** A Committee of States had the full powers of Congress
 * Constitution:** The President can call for Congress to assemble
 * Articles:** President of Congress
 * Constitution:** Speaker of the House of Representatives, Vice President is President of the Senate
 * __Executive__**
 * Articles:** None
 * Constitution:** President
 * Articles:** Maritime judiciary established
 * Constitution:** Federal judiciary established, including Supreme Court
 * Articles:** Congress
 * Constitution:** Supreme Court
 * Articles:** Admitted upon agreement of nine states (special exemption provided for Canada)
 * Constitution:** Admitted upon agreement of Congress
 * Articles:** When agreed upon by all states
 * Constitution:** When agreed upon by three-fourths of all states
 * Articles:** Congress authorized to build a navy; states authorized to equip warships to counter piracy
 * Constitution:** Congress authorized to build a navy; states not allowed to keep ships of war
 * Articles:** Congress to decide on size of force and to requisition troops from each state according to population
 * Constitution:** Congress authorized to raise and support armies
 * Articles:** United States and the states
 * Constitution:** United States only
 * Articles:** Not forbidden
 * Constitution:** Forbidden of both the states and the Congress
 * Articles:** Not forbidden
 * Constitution:** Forbidden of both the states and the Congress
 * Articles:** Apportioned by Congress, collected by the states
 * Constitution:** Laid and collected by Congress
 * Articles:** Unanimous consent required
 * Constitution:** Consent of nine states required


 * comparing and contrasting from **www.usconstitution.net/constconart.html**