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MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS

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At the Constitutional Convention, there were debates about who should be in the United States government. Eventually, delgates came to a compromise known as The Great Compromise, whih split the legislative branch into two parts called houses. This compromise was an agreement between:
A
rich and poor states
B
large and small states
C
slave and free states
D
loyalist and patriot states
Explanation: 

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: -During the summer of 1787 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia debated one issue for months, the question of how congressional representation would be determined.

Detailed explanation-3: -The delegates included many of the leading figures of the period. Among them were George Washington, who was elected to preside, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, James Wilson, John Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, Oliver Ellsworth, and Gouverneur Morris.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The first compromise was called the three-fifths compromise and what was compromised was that slaves would only count for partially in representation of states. The Great compromise is the second compromise, which was between Virginia and New Jersey.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Great Compromise solved the issue of the representation of states by creating two houses. This is called a bicameral legislature. Delegates only narrowly accepted the proposal.

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