The debated decision would take more than a few favored votes in signing a written document. The Articles of Confederation, being used to unite the new born country after the war, were deemed unfortunately insufficient by the representatives of the thirteen colonies. During this time, the young government was composed of one house that served as the Congress, containing no leader and no court system. This new government had miniscule power over the states, who governed themselves. (3) Consequently, this led the representatives of the 13 states to make a journey to Philadelphia, the capital, where they began to scrutinize possible options, and this meeting would become known as the Constitutional Convention. They elected the exemplary man of war, George Washington, to serve as the chairman of the covention, and held their meetings secretly. (4)Debating and fighting like squirrels over nuts (sim), some questioned whether revising the articles …show more content…
It not only required compromises but it also initiated controversy between the states over who had the most influence and representation in congress. The bigger states wanted population as their representation, while the smaller ones just wanted equality and their voices heard in congress. (2)Amid the verbal skirmish, a man named Roger Sherman ended it and proposed that two houses, one senate and one representative, be established.(4) Silencing the disagreements, Sherman’s idea led to what would be known as the Great Compromise. Now the south had slaves in their hands and wanted them to make up part of the population, and the north was opposed. The south was intractable with this issue, and took slavery lightly, which the north ferociously thought was a major problem. Slavery would be ignored for 20 more years before it was discussed again in 1808. However, these compromises between the representatives would soon turn into