Because if there were to be moe slave states than free states than one may rule at another and later on it will take over and have more control. Therefore, it was IMPORTANT to have the same number of free and slave states...without this we may have been either a free or a slave sate for the rest of our life...or until a president will decide to end it..along wih the congress.
because the number of representatives that a state would have both houses of congress would be based on that state's population. states with more people would have more votes in congress. this plan would have more favor the large States,
By the congress of the U.S
states' representation in congress
The most serious disagreement in the debate between large and small states at the Constitutional Convention was the issue of representation. Small states feared that their voices would be lost if representatives were chosen based on population, while big states didn't think it was fair that the small states would have as much influence as they had.
The smaller states wanted equal representation in Congress with the larger states.
Northern states felt that representation in Congress should be based on the number of free people. Southern states believed that representation should be based on total population, which included slaves.
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States with the most number of slaves!
States with a large number of slaves.
The Representation Compromise gave both large states and small states the type of representation they asked for. This was done by changing the representation standards in the houses of Congress. Large states had wanted representation based on population. This standard was accepted in the House of Representatives, which allowed the number of representatives to be determined by state population. Smaller states wanted equal representation, despite population size. This was accepted by the Senate, in which all states have the same number of representatives.
Representation should be determined by population. While the New Jersey plan proposed representation would be equal for all states. :)
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Senate.
because of the size.
The United States Constitution
The House of Representatives.
states representation in congress