Constitutional convention deadlocked over the issue of representation. The delegates did not seem to agree on the selection of representatives to the Congress.
The issue that nearly deadlocked the Constitutional Convention was the debate over representation in Congress. Larger states favored the Virginia Plan, which proposed representation based on population, while smaller states supported the New Jersey Plan, which called for equal representation regardless of size. This conflict was ultimately resolved through the Great Compromise, which established a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the House of Representatives and equal representation in the Senate.
Slave trade became an important issue during the Constitutional Convention. Southern slaveholders did not want the Congress to take the power over slave trade while controlling foreign affairs. So they only let the Congress have power over trade, excluding slave trade, for next twenty years.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington was elected to preside over the Constitutional Convention (aka Philadelphia Convention) in 1787.
George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention. He was chosen unanimously. The convention occurred from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
The Convention chose George Washington to preside over the meetings.
The issue that nearly deadlocked the Constitutional Convention was the debate over representation in Congress. Larger states favored the Virginia Plan, which proposed representation based on population, while smaller states supported the New Jersey Plan, which called for equal representation regardless of size. This conflict was ultimately resolved through the Great Compromise, which established a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the House of Representatives and equal representation in the Senate.
How the president should be elected.
Slave trade became an important issue during the Constitutional Convention. Southern slaveholders did not want the Congress to take the power over slave trade while controlling foreign affairs. So they only let the Congress have power over trade, excluding slave trade, for next twenty years.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington was elected to preside over the Constitutional Convention (aka Philadelphia Convention) in 1787.
This was not an issue presented at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 in Philadelphia. It was an issue that came about later and was resolved with the 3/5 compromise. Each slave was counted as 3/5 a person for census/taxation purposes. Good Luck!
Slave trade became an important issue during the Constitutional Convention. Southern slaveholders did not want the Congress to take the power over slave trade while controlling foreign affairs. So they only let the Congress have power over trade, excluding slave trade, for next twenty years.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington was elected to preside over the Constitutional Convention (aka Philadelphia Convention) in 1787.
George Washington was elected to preside over the Convention.
George Washington was the president of the convention.
George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention. He was chosen unanimously. The convention occurred from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
At the Constitutional Convention of 1787 serious differences about representation were resolved by creating a bicameral legislature.
The Convention chose George Washington to preside over the meetings.