DRAFTED BY MADISON Legislative branch has 1 chamber Legislative branch has 2 chambers (2 houses) Each state gets 1 vote Number of votes for each state depends on the state’s population Smaller states would have more power Larger states have more power GREAT COMPROMISE OR CONNECTICUT COMPROMISE Government has 3 branches Legislative Branch Makes laws, – Judicial Interprets laws – Executive Carries out the laws – Divide Congress into 2 houses Senate each state gets 2 votes – of Representatives The more people the state has, the more votes it gets – CH. 3 NOTES: GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE US CONSTITUTION Ratified in 1788 with assurance that a __Bill of Rights_____________________ would be added (___________________________________________________)
Legislative branch has 2 chambers (2 houses) Number of votes for each state depends on the state’s population Larger states have more power DRAFTED BY MADISON Legislative branch has 1 chamber Each state gets 1 vote Smaller states would have more power GREAT COMPROMISE OR CONNECTICUT COMPROMISE Government has 3 branches Legislative Branch – Makes laws, Judicial – Interprets laws Executive – Carries out the laws Divide Congress into 2 houses Senate – each state gets 2 votes of Representatives – The more people the state has, the more votes it gets CH. 3 NOTES: GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE US CONSTITUTION Ratified in 1788 with assurance that a __Bill of Rights_____________________ would be added (___________________________________________________)
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