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It was a compromise between larger states that wanted congressional representation Gave all states some form of the representation they wanted
The Three-fifths Compromise
The Three-fifths Compromise
Slaves should be counted when counting a state’s population to determine representation in congress
Every ten years, after the United States census, the House of Representatives is reapportioned in order to provide proportional representation to the states. States can gain, lose, or maintain their representatives.In order to cope with the new numbers, states must redistrict by drawing new congressional districts in order to cope and evenly distribute the representation.
It gave them more congressional representation than the Virginia Plan did.
It wasn't
Puerto Rico is a Territory of the United States of America. As a territory it has no representation in government, i.e. no Senators of Congressional representation. but does enjoy a common currency as well as the military protection of the United States Government.
Basically it was a compromise between the larger states that wanted congressional representation to be based on population, and the smaller states that wanted congressional representation to be equal among the states irrespective of population. The compromise resulted in our current form of government with the members of the House of Representatives being apportioned according to population and the members of the Senate being apportioned at two per state.
a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives
The question was, how should slaves be counted for the purpose of Congressional representation? The South wanted to count all slaves as "population", because this would increase the number of Representatives from the slave states. The northern states didn't want to include slaves AT ALL; if they weren't fully citizens and couldn't vote, why should they be counted for purposes of representation? The "three fifths" compromise gave southern states some additional Congressional representation, without giving the South an overwhelming advantage.
The Three-Fifths Compromise outlined the process for states to count slaves as part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government.