The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, established a bicameral legislature in the U.S. Congress. It combined elements from both the Virginia Plan, which favored representation based on population, and the New Jersey Plan, which called for equal representation for each state. As a result, the House of Representatives was created to represent the population, while the Senate was established to provide equal representation, with each state having two senators. This compromise balanced the interests of both large and small states in the legislative process.
Ben Franklin attended the constitutional convection as governor.
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1787
The state house in Philadelphia
Philedelphia
James Madison
At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, delegates reached a significant compromise regarding slavery known as the Three-Fifths Compromise. This agreement determined that enslaved individuals would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of taxation and representation in Congress. Additionally, the convention addressed the importation of enslaved people, allowing it to continue for twenty more years until 1808, after which Congress could prohibit it. This compromise highlighted the contentious nature of slavery in the formation of the United States.
The constitutional convection was origionaly in Washington, D.C but they later went to Phylidelphia.
The issues of the slave trade and runaway slaves were addressed at the Constitutional Convention through various compromises. The compromise reached allowed the slave trade to continue for 20 years before being prohibited, and established rules for the return of runaway slaves to their owners. These compromises reflected the contentious nature of slavery among the delegates and aimed to balance the interests of states with different views on the institution.
Rhode Island
Ben Franklin at 81.
This is a meeting in Philadelphia where the Constitution was written in the founding fathers.