Virginia's plan in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population. SC and other large states supported this plan.

This plan called for states to have one seat in a single house congress creating equal representation for all states. Smaller states supported this plan.

(Connecticut Compromise) called for one house in which each state would have an equal vote (The Senate) and a second house (The House of Representatives) in which representation would be based on population. SC supported this compromise.

Agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress. SC did not support this compromise because they believed it threatened slavery.

Promised that the federal government would not tax exports or attempt to regulate the international slave trade for at least 20 years (1808). SC did not support this compromise because they believed it threatened slavery.

Fearing that the elites would have too much power and abuse the rights of the individual, they opposed a strong central government and campaigned against the ratification of the Constitution. Most were from the backcountry of their respective states.

Supporters of ratification of the Constitution in favor of a strong government that could be influential in foreign affairs and establish better trade relations that would restore economic stability.

The first ten amendments of the Constitution that list of individual rights and liberties, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press. It was created to diffuse the arguments and allay fears of the Anti-Federalists after ratification.

(Democracy) The authority for government flows from the people (Amendment IX and the Preamble) (Social Contract)

Unalienable rights are guaranteed to all citizens in the Preamble and the Bill of Rights.

The federal system divides governmental powers between national government and the governments of the states. (10th Amendment)

The structure of the national government into 3 separate branches of government to limit the power of any one branch. The Legislative Branch which makes the laws.The Judicial Branch consists of federal courts and interprets the law. The Executive Branch is headed by the President and applies and enforces the law.

Each government branch can check the power of the other. These checks keep any one branch from gaining too much power (Articles I, II, III). An example of checks and balances is the process by which a bill becomes a law. The bill must be passed by both houses of the Congress. Then President may sign it or veto it. If the bill is vetoed, then the Congress may override the president's veto with a 2/3 vote.

Powers of the government are restricted by the Constitution as stated in Articles I, II, and III and by the Bill of Rights which protects the rights of the individual against excessive power by the government.

(republicanism) The constitution recognizes that the authority of the government derives from "We, the people." Voters hold the sovereign power but elect representatives to exercise power for them, including the president, Senators and Representatives (The Preamble and Article I, II).

South Carolina was the _______ state to join the USA.

South Carolina supported a strong executive (president) with a term of six or seven years, rather than the four year term in the final constitution. As representatives of the elite, they wanted an aristocratic republic in which only __________ __________ could hold office.

A South Carolina representative to the Constitutional Convention who wanted a strong government.