Lesson 9: How Was the Philadelphia Convention Organized?

Terms

civil discourse  Reasoned discussion as opposed to emotional display. See civility

federal system  See federalism

national government  The organization having central political authority in a nation; the representative unit of political organization.

proportional representation  In the context of American government, the electoral system in which the number of representatives for a state is based on the number of people living in the state. Proportional representation is used to determine the number of each state's representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives.