The Three Great Compromises that lead to the establishment of the U.S.

The unite States of America was founded on the basis of

agree, but what does compromise re exclusivelyy mean? According to

the Websters New World vocabulary compromise means an adjustment

of opposing principles. Political systems use compromises in

daily life. The trine Great Compromises that occurred early in

this nations government were the Connecticut Compromise, the 3/5

Compromise, and lastly the Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise.

Were it not for these compromises the United States could still be

governed under the Articles of Conferderation.

The Connecticut Compromise was the most valuable compromise

in the history of the U.S. government. The representatives from

each affirm were going to change the government totally, from

powerful landed estate governments to a powerful central government, which

they vowed not to do when they declared independence from England.

Rhode Island was so disgusted with the idea of changing the

government that they did not even come to the meeting. Finally

after all the debating and each state getting their say, they

compromised on a plan where they would have two governmental

houses, ace being the House of Representatives and the second

being the Senate, with the Senate being the stronger of the two

houses.



The House of Representatives was based on each states

population, that is the more people in the state the more

representatives that state would get. The Senate said that

regardless of the states population each state would get two

representatives all with equal say.

The 3/5 Compromise was mainly near slaves. The issue in

this compromise was should slaves be counted for determining

representation for each state? The sum did not want them to be

counted because they were considered possessions, not citizens,

and that meant less representation for them. The South, on the

other hand, wanted them to be counted because that...

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