The Three Fifths Compromise solved the problem of how population should be counted in slave states in terms of representation in Congress as well as tax purposes. Since black slaves made up a significant part of the population in the southern states, and they did not have the right to vote, it was declared that the slaves would represent three fifths of a white person.
Short answer: allowed the slaves states to count a slave as three fifths of a person
Equal representation by population in a one house legislature.
True. Under the Articles of Confederation the government had no power to collect taxes.
form local governments.
George Washington spoke out against them in his farewell address.
James Madison
Create a new system of republican government. Apex
They all believed that society was best served by valuing reason over desire.
the representative government.
lend his reputation to the convention
form local governments- apex
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The constitutional convention