The Virginia Plan supported the idea of
Which of these was not a key difference between Northern and Southern states at the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution was a result of multiple
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.
According to the 1790 census, where did most enslaved people live?
Read the excerpt from James Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention from July 7, 1787.Mr. SHERMAN Supposed that it was the wish of every one that some Genl. Govt. should be established. An equal vote in the [Senate] would, he thought, be most likely to give it the necessary vigor. The small States have more vigor in their Govts. than the large ones, the more influence therefore the large ones have, the weaker will be the Govt. In the large States it will be most difficult to collect the real & fair sense of the people. Fallacy & undue influence will be practiced with most success: and improper men will most easily get into office.
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