July 4, 1776 - Declaration of Independence.
1777 - Articles of Confederation written
1781 - Articles of Confederation ratified
October 19, 1781 - Revolutionary War fighting ends (British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown)
17783 - Treaty of Paris is signed
May 1787 - the Constitutional Convention
55 delegates meeting in Philadelphia
George Washington presiding
Prominent delegates: James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin
Discussions are kept secret (doors locked, windows nailed shut).
Objective: design the new government
First decision
Two houses in Congress
In the Senate: each state has the same number of votes
In the House of Representatives: votes are determined by the number of people in the state.
How to determine the number of people in slaves states.
The issue of how to count slaves split the delegates into two groups.
The northerners regarded slaves as property who should receive no representation.
The northerners demanded the slaves be counted which whites.
The "Three-Fifths Compromise" allowed a state to count three fifths of each slave in determining political representation-and taxation-in the House.
The compromise clearly reflected the strength of the pro-slavery forces at the convention.
In the Senate: each state has the same number of votes
In the House of Representatives: votes are determined by the number of people in the state.
How to determine the number of people in slaves states.
The issue of how to count slaves split the delegates into two groups.
The northerners regarded slaves as property who should receive no representation.
The northerners demanded the slaves be counted which whites.
The "Three-Fifths Compromise" allowed a state to count three fifths of each slave in determining political representation-and taxation-in the House.
The compromise clearly reflected the strength of the pro-slavery forces at the convention.
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