MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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Most of the delegates believed slavery was the proper order of things.
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Most of the delegates were afraid of retribution should the slaves be freed.
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The southern economy depended heavily on slavery.
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Only a few delegates were deeply troubled by slavery.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The framers of the Constitution believed that concessions on slavery were the price for the support of southern delegates for a strong central government. They were convinced that if the Constitution restricted the slave trade, South Carolina and Georgia would refuse to join the Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why were Southern delegates to the Constitutional Convention willing to accept the Three-Fifths Compromise? It allowed the South to expand its industrial output.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the summer of 1787, delegates gathered for a convention in Philadelphia, with the goal of revising the Articles of Confederation-the nation’s existing governing document. However, rather than simply revising the Articles of Confederation, they wrote an entirely new framework of government: the U.S. Constitution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ultimately, the delegates who strongly opposed slavery realized that pressing against it would make it impossible for the states to come together. They worked out a compromise with the Southern states. They agreed that Congress could not tax exports and that no law could be passed to ban the slave trade until 1808.