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How do you count slaves for taxes and for representations in congress?
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∙ 14y ago
the counted a slave as 3/5 of a person due to the three-fifth compromise. i am 100 % sure about this answer.
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What allowed the slave states to count their slaves as a part of population when paying taxes and electing representatives?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
What did congress have to do in order to gain the right to coollect income taxes?
The congress should have the power to lay taxes, imposts and excises etc.
What is the current majority vote needed to raise taxes in Congress?
As of 2014, the current majority vote needed to raise taxes in Congress is two thirds. There are approximately 535 voting members in the United States Congress.
3 powers congress has?
Only Congress can declare warOnly Congress can impeach (House), try (Senate), and remove office holders, including the President and Supreme Court Justices from office.Only Congress can raise and lower taxes.
Which is not an example of a social amendment?
Congress can levy income taxes.
What compromise stated that slaves would count as part of a person for taxes and representation compromise stated that slaves would count as part of a person for taxes and representation?
I think it was the 3/5th compromise
What was the disagreement between northerners and southerns that was settled by the fifths compromise?
The disagreement was whether slaves should count for taxes, and population, or not. And the three-fifths compromise was out of every five slaves, three counted towards taxes and population.
What allowed the slave states to count their slaves as part as the population when paying taxes and electing representatives?
The three-fifths compromise
What allowed the slave states to count their slaves as part of the population when paying taxes and electing representative?
The three-fifths compromise
What allowed the slave states to count their slaves as part of the population when paying taxes and electing representatives?
The three-fifths compromise
What allowed the slave states to count their slaves as a part of population when paying taxes and electing representatives?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
Did William Paterson believe that slaves votes should count?
William Paterson believed that slaves could vote for taxes paid by state but only 3/5 of the slaves should be counted for determining but not for determining representation in the national legislature. :)
What was the first three-fifths compromise?
It was about slaves. 3 out of 5 slaves were taxed (which was in the North's favor), So, the South would have to pay more taxes. For the South's benefit, three out of five slaves would be represented in congress, which means more seats for them.
Decisions on slavery?
Slaves were a significant percentage of the population in the Southern states. The issue of whether or how to count slaves was resolved by a formula used by Congress in 1783. For purposes of representation in the House and assessing direct taxes to the states, population was determined by adding the "whole number of free persons" and "three-fifths of all other persons." The phrase "all other persons" meant slaves. In addition to adopting the Three-Fifths Compromise, the delegates to the Convention allowed the slave trade to continue by denying Congress the power to prohibit it before 1808 and agreed that fugitive slaves should be returned to their masters.
How can Congress use taxes to show authority?
The congress can use taxes to show authority by reviewing the taxes paid. They can either review the taxes upwards or downwards.
What are the three ways that congress can get mongey?
Taxes, taxes, and more taxes. There.
Who to the Constitution has the authority to levy taxes?
congress
