formal meeting of state delegates in Philadelphia in 1787 at which the Constitution was written

the plan for a two-house legislature adopted at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that settled differences between small and large states over representation in Congress

a lawmaking body composed of two houses

compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 whereby three-fifths of a state's population of enslaved people would be counted for both representation and taxation

supporter of the Constitution in the ratification debate of 1787, favored a strong national government

a person opposed to the Constitution during the ratification debate of 1787

the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, dealing mostly with civil rights

the agreement of a four year term for the head of the executive branch and the indirect election through the electoral college system

agreement that no export duties could be passed by Congress and that Congress could not prohibit the slave trade for 20 years

Which one of these famous figures was NOT at the Constitutional Convention?

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