Examples Of Compromises Against Tyranny

Imagine having to live under the strict rule of a power hungry leader who did not care about the public, but instead only cared about gaining power for themselves. This is tyranny in its simplest form; all power in the hands of one person or a small group. Previously, the Americans had to suffer with a tyrannical king and parliament who were uncooperative and careless towards their say. Therefore, tyranny was something weighing very heavily in the minds of the writers of the constitution so that they would never have to endure those hardships again. The United States Constitution guards against tyranny through creating a federalist government, separating the powers within the national government, incorporating sets of checks and balances into

The main reason for these compromises was due to all the different theories and opinions pertaining to forming the nation. Disputes between the southern states and the northern states were the most fierce because of their opposing views on slavery. Also, conflict arose over the difference in power between larger states, such as Virginia, New York, and North Carolina, and smaller states, such as Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. “The Great Compromise” was an agreement that both large and small states reached which introduced a bicameral legislature into the federal government. The House of Representatives and the Senate would both share power inside the legislative branch which in turn gave every state a set number of two senators and a varying number of representatives based on population. This pleased a state of any size. After this compromise, the question of whether the southern states would count their overarching number of slaves toward their population came about. This lead to “The 3/5ths Compromise”. Under this new compromise, each slave would count as three fifths of a person. The last compromise concerning slavery was “The Slave Trade Compromise”. This settlement was the start of getting the entire nation on board with abolishing slavery. Rather than putting an end to slavery right away because it would create disaster inside the south's economy, Congress decided that they weren’t allowed to abolish slavery for twenty years in order to give the south a chance to rebuild their work force(Document D). Although it was difficult to combine so many opposing viewpoints, these compromises directly led to the strong willed U.S. government we have