Lesson 10 Flashcards
3-fifths compromise: a states population would equal its entire population of
Free people including indentured servants and three fifths of slaves
Idea of proportional representation in Virginia plan was
Incredibly controversial
Madison Wilson King etc argued that government that acted on and represented the people should grant
Equal voting power to equal amounts of people
Some delegates argued for equal representation of the states, believing that the U.S. Was a
Confederation of separate states and that the national government acted on and represented the states not the people
Positions of delegates reflected the size of
Their states
Many delegates from smaller states wanted
Equal representation, believing that larger states would dominate them
Delegates agreed that at least one branch of the national legislature should be based on
Proportional representation
Most likely house meaning that debate dealt with representation in the senate
Delegates from small states asked for time to come up with another
Plan rather than the virginianplan
Great compromise: proposal previously suggested by
Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth regarding representation
William Paterson presented the New Jersey plan which proposed
Keeping the framework of the articles
(Main parts of nj plan) congress would only have one house with following powers
Powe to levy import duties and a stamp tax
Powe to regulate trade among states and internationally
Power to make laws and treaties
(Main parts of nj plan) executive branch made up of several people
Appointed by congress
(Main parts of nj plan) executive branch would have power to
Administer national laws
Appoint other officials
Direct military operations
(Main parts of nj plan)Supreme Court appointed by
Executive officials with poet to decide cases involving treaties trade and tax collection
National government would act on and represent
States
Only Connecticut Delaware NJ and NY
Supported the nj plan
Failure of the NJ Plan eradicated idea of keeping a
National legislature of one branch
Neither side in the debate on representation wanted to
Compromise
Special committee created to solve issue of representation with
One delegate from each state
Result of the committee work
Connecticut compromise
(Great compromise ideas) House of Representatives elected by
People with proportional representation
(Great compromise ideas) equal representation of each state in the
Senate. State legislators would each select two senators
(Great compromise ideas) the house should have power to develop
All bills for taxation and government spending. Senate limited to accepting/ rejecting be these bills
(Great compromise ideas) provision layer changed to allow senate to revise
Tax bills developed in the House and to develop appropriations bills
Idea that government derived from/ represented by states was reflected in the
Senate
Large states did not have control in senate but had control in
House
Madison will son and others
Opposed the compromise
Some delegates from small states were also
Suspicious about compromise
Yates and Lansing left the convention
Forever
Crisis was over when the
Great compromise passed
Question of how representatives
Would be appointed
Controversy regarding whether slaves should be
Counted when apportioning representatives
Delegates from southern states argued that their slaves
Should be counted for representation
Pierce butler argued that slaves were equivalent to
Northern free farmers and laborers
Delegates from the northern states believes that the slaves would
Serve the interests of their owners which would clearly be opposed to their own beliefs
Delegates realized that new states might
Join the union when they attracted settlers
Some delegates were concerned that western population would
Outvote the maritime states
Morris argued that original states should be guaranteed a
Majority of representation in congress
Northwest ordinance had guaranteed that new states would be
Admitted on equal terms as the thirteen colonies
Census would allow new states to
Gain proportional share of seats in the house
Census would be conducted every
10 years
