AJ 025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: The Federalist Papers, Electoral College, Connecticut Compromise

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Administration of Justice (AJ)
• Course: AJ 025
• Professor: Johnson

Document Summary

The constitutional convention attend) met in philadelphia. On may 25, 1787, 55 representatives of 12 of the states (rhode island did not. This is the constitutional convention and the document that they created is the. The convention was led by george washington. Virginia introduced the virginia plan written by james madison which called for a powerful central government with three branches, legislative, judicial, and executive. Called for a bicameral, two-house legislature where one house was to be elected directly by the people and other chosen by the state legislature. This would lead to the national government being dominated by the larger states. New jersey introduced the new jersey plan which called for one house in the legislature with one vote per state with the representative chosen by the state legislature. Gave the congress the power to raise revenue from duties on imports and postal service fees and created a supreme court with members chosen for life by the congress.