The Connecticut Compromise was reached at the Constitutional Convention that took place in 1787. It was a compromise regarding the representation each state was entitled to under the US Constitution.
Many important events in US history occurred, including, but not limited to: The Missouri Compromise, The Land Act of 1820, Maine admitted to the Union, and James Monroe re-elected to the presidency, virtually unopposed.
Those states didn't have slaves.
It applied to the Southern states (over which Lincoln had no authority) and not to the Northern slave states of Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland.
There was not enough representation to make any big decisions, so the delegates led by Alexander Hamilton new york and James Madison called for another convention to begin in May 1787 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
The Connecticut Compromise was reached at the Constitutional Convention that took place in 1787. It was a compromise regarding the representation each state was entitled to under the US Constitution.
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Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention happened on 1975-05-01.
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55 men wrote the constitution from May to September 1787.
The Missouri Compromise was put into place in 1820 in the US Congress. It was put into place to create balance between slave owning and non slave owning states in the US a that time.
Fifty-five delegates gathered together for the Constitutional Convention at the Independence hall.
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If 3/4 of the states decide to hold a constitutional convention, there will be one. There have been a number of attempts made to hold such a convention but each attempt has contained a caveat. That way states could vote for one without any danger that one would actually happen.
As most people do not just happen to have a copy of the American Journey History Textbook sitting on their bookshelf, I found this answer to be rather useless. The three provisions of the Missouri Compromise are: 1.) Missouri came in as a slave state. 2.) Maine came in as a free state. 3.) Slavery was banned in territories north of the Mason Dixon line.
Sure, but I think it would be a mess. Look at the problems we are having with health care and no one seems to agree. What do you think would happen at a convention? The idea scares me.
Many of the delegates at the Philadelphia Convention argued for a stronger national government, as one of the weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that it created a weak national government. The Constitutional Convention was held in 1787.