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- The Great Compromise: Federalism + It was determined that each state would send an equal number of representatives to the Senate, and one representative to the House for each 30,000 residents of the state.
3 Compromises on Slavery:
- The three-fifths law: Southerners wanted their slave population to be counted as well, while Northerners did not. They then agreed that 1 slave would be counted as 3/5 of a 'regular' person.
- Before 1808, the slave trade could not be amended out of the Constitution.
- Fugitive Slave Provision: if a slave escaped from a state to another where slavery was illegal, it did not mean the slave was free. The slave should be returned to his owner.
1. Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise) was proposed by Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth was an agreement between large and small states which blended the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan.
2. Three-Fifths Compromise was proposed by Roger Sherman and James Wilson and was a compromise between Northern and Southern states in which 3/5 of the population of slaves would be counted for enumeration purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the apportionment of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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How did the 2 main constitutional compromises dealt with the various sectional differences between the states?
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How many states are needed to call a convention?
Forty-nine states have applied for an Article V Convention (what is often called a "Constitutional Convention"), submitting more 700 applications. Article V does not permit the calling of a "constitutional convention" only a "convention for proposing amendments."
How did delegates opinions change during the course of the constitutional convention?
By May 1776, 8 colonies had decided to support independence. On July 2, 1776, the resolution for independence was adopted by 12 of the 13 colonies, w/ NY not voting. It was made official on July 4, 1776; on July 9 the NY convention finally approved.
What are three issues that most of the delegates at constitutional Convention agreed on?
1. People are free to make their own government. 2. No one should be able to ignore the law. 3. The government has limits.
Why did the Constitutional Convention of 1787 agreed to create a bicameral legislature?
The framers agreed to create the United States Senate and House of Representatives as a compromise. During the Constitutional Convention, framers disagreed on whether or not the legislative branch of government should represent the states equally or based on population. As such, the Senate has an equal number of 2 representatives for each state, and the House of Representatives has a certain number of representatives for each state depending on population.
How did the two compromises reached during the Constitutional Convention satisfy competing?
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How did the 2 main constitutional compromises dealt with the various sectional differences between the states?
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Who are the 2 Georgians at the constitutional convention?
William Few and Abraham Baldwin
How many states are needed to call a convention?
Forty-nine states have applied for an Article V Convention (what is often called a "Constitutional Convention"), submitting more 700 applications. Article V does not permit the calling of a "constitutional convention" only a "convention for proposing amendments."
What compromises did the delegates during the convention?
1. The house of Reps : based on state.population 2. Each state would have equal # of votes in senate.
What compromises the delegates make during the convention?
1. The house of Reps : based on state.population 2. Each state would have equal # of votes in senate.
How many states are needed call a convention?
If you mean for a constitutional convention to propose amendments(s) to the Constitution, 2/3 of the state legislatures. As there are 50 states, 33 would be needed for the convention to be called.
When is the Constitutional Convention held?
When 2/3 of both houses agree on it. or the state legislature.
Why What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
Two things happened: 1. The Articles of the Confederation were abolished 2. The delegates drafted the Constitution we have today
List the following events in the correct chronological order. Daniel Shays led farmers in a tax rebellion. The Constitutional Convention was called. The Articles of Confederation were adopted.?
Confederation 2. Daniel Shay 3. Convention
How many houses of legislature were set up under the constitution?
During the Constitutional Convention, which plan of government proposed a legislature made up of one house, each state getting equal representation?
How did the delegates opinions change during the course of the constitutional convention?
By May 1776, 8 colonies had decided to support independence. On July 2, 1776, the resolution for independence was adopted by 12 of the 13 colonies, w/ NY not voting. It was made official on July 4, 1776; on July 9 the NY convention finally approved.
