Madison wrotethe VirginiaPlan for thenew USgovernment.BenjaminFranklinrequirecitizens topay taxesshouldslaves becountedThe federalgovernmentcould notdirectly taxcitizensHe presidedover theconvention andmaintainedorder.too much statepower and notenoughnational powermade aCongress with aSenate andHouse ofRepresentativesJamesMadisonwrite a newconstitution, becausethere were toomany problems withthe Articles andamendingthem required approvalof all 13 statesMany peoplefeared a centralgovernment andfelt it was notneeded. States with smallpopulations would havesupported the New JerseyPlan. States withlarge populations wouldhave supported theVirginia Plan.The governmenthad no way toenforce its lawsand no way topay debts.representationin Congress The federalgovernmentcould not makestatesfollow federallawsMadisonthought that thenationalgovernmentshould bestronger. Each state would electtwo senators, and thenumber ofrepresentatives in theHouse ofRepresentatives wouldbe determined bypopulationHe got largeand smallstates to agreeon the GreatCompromisecitizensfeared thepower of astrong centralgovernmentslavestates vsfreestatestrusted andrespected byAmericanpeoplethe number ofrepresentativesper stateThe federalgovernment couldnot coin money,and states printedtheir ownBenjaminFranklinMadison wrotethe VirginiaPlan for thenew USgovernment.BenjaminFranklinrequirecitizens topay taxesshouldslaves becountedThe federalgovernmentcould notdirectly taxcitizensHe presidedover theconvention andmaintainedorder.too much statepower and notenoughnational powermade aCongress with aSenate andHouse ofRepresentativesJamesMadisonwrite a newconstitution, becausethere were toomany problems withthe Articles andamendingthem required approvalof all 13 statesMany peoplefeared a centralgovernment andfelt it was notneeded. States with smallpopulations would havesupported the New JerseyPlan. States withlarge populations wouldhave supported theVirginia Plan.The governmenthad no way toenforce its lawsand no way topay debts.representationin Congress The federalgovernmentcould not makestatesfollow federallawsMadisonthought that thenationalgovernmentshould bestronger. Each state would electtwo senators, and thenumber ofrepresentatives in theHouse ofRepresentatives wouldbe determined bypopulationHe got largeand smallstates to agreeon the GreatCompromisecitizensfeared thepower of astrong centralgovernmentslavestates vsfreestatestrusted andrespected byAmericanpeoplethe number ofrepresentativesper stateThe federalgovernment couldnot coin money,and states printedtheir ownBenjaminFranklin

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