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The Philadelphia Convention And The Constitution

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Unit Three Wendell One
The Philadelphia Convention, the birthplace of the Constitution, took place between May and September of 1787. The North and South had severe disagreements based on their diverse and different economic systems, which led to extended work time on the Constitution. Northern and Southern states did not agree on multiple topics of concern, which led some people to be more aggressively opinionated than others. These issues included different economies; slavery; and the North wanting an import tax tariff, while the South did not. The two-halves of the country had to make decisions that could arrange a compromise between their parts of the country, while maintaining federal law The Constitution gave the power to tax and regulate trade, and slaves were accounted as three/fifths of a person. Both the disagreements and the compromises are what shaped the New Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention, along with many other events during this time, did not go without conflict. The North and …show more content…

The first compromise had to do with Congress. Due to the argumentative ideas relating to the international slave trade, Congress was given the power to tax and regulate trade. This reduced the requirement for passage of navigation acts from two-thirds majorities of both houses of Congress to simple majority. The second compromise solved the problem of whether slavery would be abolished or not. After some heavy thinking, it was finally decided that the South would be allowed to keep slavery, much to the North’s dismay. Finally, the Three-Fifths Clause was created. This stated that slaves would be considered three-fifths of a person for representation purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes, and the distribution of the members of the United States House of Representatives. These compromises helped the government receive a handle on slavery until it ended in

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