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Was the constitution written by representatives from each of the 15 colonies?
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No, there were only 13 then.
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What is the definition for Philadelphia convention of 1787?
The convention in Philadelphia of representatives from each colonies except Rhode Island at which the Constitution of the U.S. was framed
How many members of the House of Representatives must each state have according to the Constitution?
Each state must have at least 1 Representative. The total number of Representatives is 435. Other than the 50 Representatives allocated by the Constitution, Representatives are allocated based on the population of the state.
How is the number of the representatives each state has determined?
The structure of each state's legislature is determined by that state's constitution.
How is the number of house of representatives each state has determined?
The structure of each state's legislature is determined by that state's constitution.
What number of citizens the Constitution initially mandated that each member of the House of Representatives should represent?
The United States Constitution initially mandated each member of the House of Representatives would represent 60,000 people. Each state would have two senators regardless of population.
Why do they have a census?
Technically speaking, this was put into the Constitution simply so that they could know how many representatives in the House of Representatives each state would have.
What does the first article in the constitution say?
The first article of the U.S. Constitution establishes Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. Congress consists of two houses, the Senate, in which each state has two senators regardless of population, and the House of Representatives, in which the number of representatives for each state depends on its population.
Why do the number of representatives differ in the two houses?
because according the the Constitution, each state has two senators and the House of Representatives is based on population of the state
How many representatives in the U.S. senate according to the constitution?
2 Senators from each state for 100 total.
By whose power was the constitution written?
At the time of the writing of the Constitution, there was no formal legal power behind it. Representatives from each of the individual states met to discuss improvements to the Articles of Confederation and ultimately produced a new document, which individual states later chose to ratify.
How did the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution handle the issue of slavery?
The Declaration of Independence didn't discuss slavery at all. It was a letter to the king stating the problems in the colonies and as far as they were concerned slavery wasn't a problem. The constitution made slaves 3/4 of a person when counting population for the number of Representatives needed in each state.
What is the largest of the original 13 colonies of America according to population?
New York No, it was Virginia. Article I of the Constitution specifies how many representatives each state would get in the House of Representatives until the first census could be conducted. It gives New York six representatives but Virginia ten. Without a census the framers did not have exact numbers but they clearly knew that Virginia had close to twice the population of New York.
