Lesson 10

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3-fifths compromise: a states population would equal its entire population of

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Free people including indentured servants and three fifths of slaves

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Idea of proportional representation in Virginia plan was

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Incredibly controversial

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Madison Wilson King etc argued that government that acted on and represented the people should grant

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Equal voting power to equal amounts of people

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Some delegates argued for equal representation of the states, believing that the U.S. Was a

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Confederation of separate states and that the national government acted on and represented the states not the people

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Positions of delegates reflected the size of

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Their states

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Many delegates from smaller states wanted

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Equal representation, believing that larger states would dominate them

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Delegates agreed that at least one branch of the national legislature should be based on

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Proportional representation

Most likely house meaning that debate dealt with representation in the senate

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Delegates from small states asked for time to come up with another

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Plan rather than the virginianplan

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Great compromise: proposal previously suggested by

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Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth regarding representation

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William Paterson presented the New Jersey plan which proposed

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Keeping the framework of the articles

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(Main parts of nj plan) congress would only have one house with following powers

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Powe to levy import duties and a stamp tax
Powe to regulate trade among states and internationally
Power to make laws and treaties

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(Main parts of nj plan) executive branch made up of several people

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Appointed by congress

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(Main parts of nj plan) executive branch would have power to

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Administer national laws
Appoint other officials
Direct military operations

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(Main parts of nj plan)Supreme Court appointed by

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Executive officials with poet to decide cases involving treaties trade and tax collection

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National government would act on and represent

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States

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Only Connecticut Delaware NJ and NY

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Supported the nj plan

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Failure of the NJ Plan eradicated idea of keeping a

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National legislature of one branch

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Neither side in the debate on representation wanted to

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Compromise

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Special committee created to solve issue of representation with

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One delegate from each state

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Result of the committee work

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Connecticut compromise

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(Great compromise ideas) House of Representatives elected by

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People with proportional representation

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(Great compromise ideas) equal representation of each state in the

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Senate. State legislators would each select two senators

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(Great compromise ideas) the house should have power to develop

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All bills for taxation and government spending. Senate limited to accepting/ rejecting be these bills

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(Great compromise ideas) provision layer changed to allow senate to revise

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Tax bills developed in the House and to develop appropriations bills

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Idea that government derived from/ represented by states was reflected in the

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Senate

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Large states did not have control in senate but had control in

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House

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Madison will son and others

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Opposed the compromise

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Some delegates from small states were also

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Suspicious about compromise

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Yates and Lansing left the convention

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Forever

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Crisis was over when the

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Great compromise passed

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Question of how representatives

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Would be appointed

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Controversy regarding whether slaves should be

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Counted when apportioning representatives

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Delegates from southern states argued that their slaves

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Should be counted for representation

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Pierce butler argued that slaves were equivalent to

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Northern free farmers and laborers

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Delegates from the northern states believes that the slaves would

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Serve the interests of their owners which would clearly be opposed to their own beliefs

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Delegates realized that new states might

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Join the union when they attracted settlers

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Some delegates were concerned that western population would

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Outvote the maritime states

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Morris argued that original states should be guaranteed a

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Majority of representation in congress

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Northwest ordinance had guaranteed that new states would be

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Admitted on equal terms as the thirteen colonies

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Census would allow new states to

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Gain proportional share of seats in the house

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Census would be conducted every

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10 years