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History, 21.09.2019 16:00 jimarieb08

The constitutional convention began in the summer of 1787 in philadelphia. its was held to the articles of confederation which had taken effect in , but had proved to be a weak foundation of government. delegates had many issues to contend with, and these are among those issues. - some states favored the plan of government that would give more power to larger states (known as the ), while some favored a government that favored smaller states (known as the ). what resulted was a government that was based on a plan that combined those two plans, known as the . there would be a congress consisting of two houses: the house of representative and the senate. members of the would be determined according to a state's population, while each state would get two members in the together, both houses of congress would be responsible for the laws of the united states. - there would be a to head the executive branch. the executive branch would be in charge of the laws of the national government. - there would also be a , which would be headed by the . this branch would be responsible for interpreting the laws of the country. - lastly, the delegates decided on a "solution" to an issue that would be a problem for decades to come. the was an solution to the issue of counting slaves as part of a state's population when determining their overall population for congress. this did not free slaves, nor did it allow them to vote.

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