MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW US GOVERNMENT
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The North only wanted slaves to be counted for taxation NOT representation
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The South only wanted slaves to be counted for Representation NOT taxation
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a way to keep a balance of power in the House of Representatives between the North and the South
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Slavery was being banned
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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: -In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population. In the Senate, all states would have the same number of seats.
Detailed explanation-3: -To get the Constitution ratified by all 13 states, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention had to reach several compromises. The three major compromises were the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the Electoral College.
Detailed explanation-4: -Called the “Great Compromise” or the “Connecticut Compromise, ” this unique plan for congressional representation resolved the most controversial aspect of the drafting of the Constitution.
Detailed explanation-5: -Historians often credit Sherman and the Connecticut delegates as the architects of the Great Compromise.