2. Objectives
• Understand the reasons leaders called for the
Constitutional Convention.
• Summarize the rival plans of government
proposed at the convention.
• Describe the compromises made in order to
reach agreement on the Constitution.
3. Terms and people!
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• Alexander Hamilton
• James Madison
• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Great Compromise
• Federalism
• Three-Fifths Compromises