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The compromise proposed a solution for how small and large states would have votes/representation.

Katlyn Johnston

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The 3/5ths compromise was an agreement between the slave states and the non-slave states over how they counted slaves towards a states population aka representation where they finally came to the agreement that 3 out of 5 slaves would be counted for population/representation.
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Slaves would be counted as 3/5's of a person when it came to picking representatives. The compromise was approved in 1787. James Wilson of Pennsylvania who was a northern liberal proposed the idea. It was a way to gain southern support for a new way of government. The reason why southerner's agreed to this compromise was after the Virginia Plan was rejected before the compromise was proposed.

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The Connecticut Compromise - Harley Stevens

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The Connecticut Compromise - Harley Stevens

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Also known as the Great Compromise, was an agreement between the large and small states  in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It defined the representation such as votes that the states would have under the US Constitution.

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The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state's number equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators.

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Many modern voters might be surprised to learn that when they step into a ballot box to select their candidate for president, they actually are casting a vote for fellow Americans called electors. These electors, appointed by the states, are pledged to support the presidential candidate the voters have supported. The Electoral College holds its vote the Monday after the second Wednesday in December following the election.

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The 3/5 Compromise of 1787 was presented at the Constitutional Convention. The Constitutional Convention was a meeting of states to form the future plans of the National Government. This compromise counted every 3 out of 5 slaves as representation for the state in the House of Representatives.

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The Connecticut Plan also known as the Great Compromise of 1787, basically proposed a compromise to help diffuse the debate between larger and smaller states over representation the states would have under the United States Constitution. The Connecticut Plan also stepped in place of the New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan.

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The Electoral College was established in the Constitution to be a compromise between election of the President by a vote in congress and a population vote from the citizens. The electors vote for the president and the vice president.

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The Connecticut Compromise- Alejandra C. 

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The Connecticut Compromise- Alejandra C. 

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It was proposed On July 16, 1787 by Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth, it proposed a solution on the debate between small states and larger states. It provided a dual system of representation. The house of representatives seats would be based on states population and all states would have same number of seats in the senate. Population was counted as total white population and 3/5 of the slaves.

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This is also known as the Great Compromise of 1787. It was an agreement between the small and large states. The Connecticut replaced the New Jersey and the Virginia plan. The new jersey plan had called for equal representation of each state. The Great Compromise gave the larger states representation in the lower house according to population.

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The Electoral College consist of 538 electors. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution. 270 electoral votes are needed to to elect a president. Votes are done in each state

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For states to count slaves as part of the population to determine representation and taxation for the federal government

Counted slaves as three out of every five slaves as a person for the purpose

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The 3/5 Compromise was proposed by James Wilson and Roger Sherman who were both delegates for the Constitutional Convention of 1787 .

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-Consists of 538 electors

-Body of electors  established by the United States Constitution

-Indirect system or electing the United States President

-Votes are cast by each state

-Ratified in 1804