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The constitutional convention, in 1787, was the place where the constitution was written and was located in Philadelphia, PA. There were 55 delegates attending, one of which was George Washington, leader of the convention. There were two sides of the convention: small states vs. large states.

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When the delegates came together to organize a new congress they had trouble deciding how many representatives each state should get. While the large states wanted representation to be based on a states population, the smaller states did not want this because it would weaken them.

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There were two plans. The Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan. The Virginia plan worked in the large states favor because it wanted representation based on population. The New Jersey plan was in the small states favor. It wanted all states to have equal representation; this way, the larger states did not have too much power.

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The compromise that solved the states disagreement was called the Great Compromise. It stated that there would be a bicameral congress which would have 1 part senate and 1 part representatives.

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During the constitutional convention, there was much disagreement between the north and southern states on how slaves should be counted in the population. There were two main reasons the population was important. The first being that it determined how many representatives the states would get, and second being that it would determine how much tax money the state would pay the government. So more slaves equals more representatives.

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There were two plans for two different sides. The southern states plan was to count slaves as a part of their population for representation but not taxes. Of course this would work in their favor because the southern states had more slaves. The northern states plan was the exact opposite of the southern states plan. It said that slaves should be counted for taxes but not representation because they didnt want the southern states to have too much power.

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The compromise the states made was called the 3/5 compromise. It said that each slave would count as 3/5 of a person making the large states not too powerful, and the small states not too weak.

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The states also disagreed over the issue of trade and its regulation. The northern states were more industrial and wanted the government to regulate trade, while the southern states were more agricultural.

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The compromise made was called the Commerce compromise. It said that the north would wait 20 years to ban slave trade.

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One of the leaders in the group of federalists was Alexander Hamilton. The federalists wanted a strong government, a constitution, and no bill of rights.

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One of the antifederalists leaders was George Mason. The antifederalists wanted a strong state government, no constitution, and they must have a bill of rights.