States with smallpopulations would havesupported the New JerseyPlan. States withlarge populations wouldhave supported theVirginia Plan.requirecitizens topay taxesMadison wrotethe VirginiaPlan for thenew USgovernment.The governmenthad no way toenforce its lawsand no way topay debts.The federalgovernmentcould notdirectly taxcitizensBenjaminFranklinrepresentationin Congress He got largeand smallstates to agreeon the GreatCompromisetrusted andrespected byAmericanpeoplecitizensfeared thepower of astrong centralgovernmentthe number ofrepresentativesper stateMany peoplefeared a centralgovernment andfelt it was notneeded. Each state would electtwo senators, and thenumber ofrepresentatives in theHouse ofRepresentatives wouldbe determined bypopulationtoo much statepower and notenoughnational powershouldslaves becountedMadisonthought that thenationalgovernmentshould bestronger. He presidedover theconvention andmaintainedorder.JamesMadisonThe federalgovernmentcould not makestatesfollow federallawsBenjaminFranklinwrite a newconstitution, becausethere were toomany problems withthe Articles andamendingthem required approvalof all 13 statesThe federalgovernment couldnot coin money,and states printedtheir ownmade aCongress with aSenate andHouse ofRepresentativesslavestates vsfreestatesStates with smallpopulations would havesupported the New JerseyPlan. States withlarge populations wouldhave supported theVirginia Plan.requirecitizens topay taxesMadison wrotethe VirginiaPlan for thenew USgovernment.The governmenthad no way toenforce its lawsand no way topay debts.The federalgovernmentcould notdirectly taxcitizensBenjaminFranklinrepresentationin Congress He got largeand smallstates to agreeon the GreatCompromisetrusted andrespected byAmericanpeoplecitizensfeared thepower of astrong centralgovernmentthe number ofrepresentativesper stateMany peoplefeared a centralgovernment andfelt it was notneeded. Each state would electtwo senators, and thenumber ofrepresentatives in theHouse ofRepresentatives wouldbe determined bypopulationtoo much statepower and notenoughnational powershouldslaves becountedMadisonthought that thenationalgovernmentshould bestronger. He presidedover theconvention andmaintainedorder.JamesMadisonThe federalgovernmentcould not makestatesfollow federallawsBenjaminFranklinwrite a newconstitution, becausethere were toomany problems withthe Articles andamendingthem required approvalof all 13 statesThe federalgovernment couldnot coin money,and states printedtheir ownmade aCongress with aSenate andHouse ofRepresentativesslavestates vsfreestates

Issues at the Constitutional Convention - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. States with small populations would have supported the New Jersey Plan. States with large populations would have supported the Virginia Plan.
  2. require citizens to pay taxes
  3. Madison wrote the Virginia Plan for the new US government.
  4. The government had no way to enforce its laws and no way to pay debts.
  5. The federal government could not directly tax citizens
  6. Benjamin Franklin
  7. representation in Congress
  8. He got large and small states to agree on the Great Compromise
  9. trusted and respected by American people
  10. citizens feared the power of a strong central government
  11. the number of representatives per state
  12. Many people feared a central government and felt it was not needed.
  13. Each state would elect two senators, and the number of representatives in the House of Representatives would be determined by population
  14. too much state power and not enough national power
  15. should slaves be counted
  16. Madison thought that the national government should be stronger.
  17. He presided over the convention and maintained order.
  18. James Madison
  19. The federal government could not make states follow federal laws
  20. Benjamin Franklin
  21. write a new constitution, because there were too many problems with the Articles and amending them required approval of all 13 states
  22. The federal government could not coin money, and states printed their own
  23. made a Congress with a Senate and House of Representatives
  24. slave states vs free states