Congress was given control over trade between the states.
Congress was given control over trade between the states.
Congress was given control over trade between the states.
Congress was given control over trade between the states.
Congress was given control over trade between the states.
Congress was given control over trade between the states.
Congress was given control over trade between the states.
Congress was given control over trade between the states.
Congress was given control over trade between the states.
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.
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.
The weak Congress created under the Articles of Confederation had no power to regulate interstate trade and little authority over foreign commerce, so Congress was given the power to tax.