How did the issue of slavery affect the debate on representation at the Constitutional Convention?
Read the excerpt from Robert Yates’s notes from the Constitutional Convention on June 11, 1787.Mr. Wilson was of opinion, and therefore moved, that the mode of representation of each of the States ought to be from the number of its free inhabitants, and of every other description three fifths to one free inhabitant.
Why did the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise involve so much debate and discussion at the Constitutional Convention?
What was the most debated subject between large and small states during the Constitutional Convention?
Read the excerpt from Robert Yates’s notes from the Constitutional Convention on June 11, 1787.Mr. Wilson was of opinion, and therefore moved, that the mode of representation of each of the States ought to be from the number of its free inhabitants, and of every other description three fifths to one free inhabitant.
Read the excerpt from James Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention from July 14, 1787.Mr. SHERMAN urged the equality of votes [in the Senate] not so much as a security for the small States; as for the State Govts. which could not be preserved unless they were represented & had a negative in the Genl. Government. He had no objection to the members in the [House] voting per capita, as had been suggested by [Mr. Gerry].
Which statement about the Great Compromise is accurate?
What was the primary way the farms in the South differed from those in the North?
The Constitution was a result of multiple
Which statement about the Virginia Plan is accurate?
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