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=__Republic__=

A form of people in which the people elect representatives to run a country.
=//__Articles of Confederation__//= A plan of government. =//__Responsiblities of Congress under the Articles of Confederation__//= Delegates were appointed by state legislatures. Each stae gets one single vote. =//__Northwest Ordinance__//= In 1787 Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance.The ordinance, or set of laws established governments in the Northwest Territory. =//__Annapolis Convention of 1786__//= It took several years to turn the thirteen separate colonies into the United States of America. =//**__Where did the Constitutional Congress meet?__**//= The Contitutional Convention meet in __Philidelphia, Pennsylvania on May 14 to September 17 1787__. =__//Federal System of government//__= The Federal government of the United States is the __Federal government__ of the Constitutional Republic of 50 states and one district that is the United States of America. =__//3/5 Compromise//__= The 3/5 Compromise was a compromise between the South and Northern states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in which 3/5 of the slaves would be counte for paying taxes. The slaves will not be counted for a vote though. =//__How many Senators does each State get?__//= Each state gets 2 senators. There are 100 senators though. =//__How do we figure out how many Represenatives each state gets?__//= The United States has 1 out of 2 houses of the United States Congress. The total population of voting Represenatives is fixed by law at 435. = = = =