MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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How to count population representation per each state.
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How to count slaves towards state representation
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Whether slavery should continue to exist as an institution
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Whether the executive branch should have one President or more
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Detailed explanation-1: -Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ratification of the United States Constitution was the subject of intense debate between 1787 and 1789. One particularly controversial issue was the Three Fifths Compromise, which settled how enslaved people would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The three-fifths compromise was an agreement reached by members of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. It provided for the enumeration of 3/5ths of the enslaved population in a state for the purpose of determining the number of Representatives in Congress each state would have.