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The North and South couldn't decide how the slaves would be counted. The South wanted to count the slaves for population but not taxes, and the North wanted to count the slaves for taxes, but not population. So, they decided on the 3/5 Compromise where 1 slave equaled 3/5 of a person.

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The states were debating on how many congress representatives each state would get. The Virginia Plan thought that the number of representatives should be based on population. The New Jersey plan suggested that their be an equal number of representaties for each state no matter the population like before. They finally agreed on the Great Compromise, a two part Congress including a Senate and a House of Representatives.

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55 Representatives came to Philadelphia, PA to dicuss a new Constitution. George Washington was the president of the meeting and helped the different sides compromise.

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The Federalists lead by Alexander Hamilton wanted a strong central government and constitution but not a bill of Rights. The Anti-Federalists lead by George Mason wanted a strong state government, no constitution, but DID want a Bill of Rights and would only sign if it did.

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The North wanted to control trade, but the South were worried it would hurt their economy. They finally reached the Commerce Compromise. They waited 20 years to ban slave trade, regulated trade.