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Just because the Constitution was written doesn't mean it was approved. Federalists were people who were for it while anti-federalist were against it.

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The Northern states wanted the federal government to take control of trading so that it could run smoothly. The southern states were scared that the federal government would take control of trade. Commerce Compromise was created and this stopped the North from making any rules on slavery for 20 years.

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The constitutional convention was in 1787. The president of the meeting was George Washington. There were 55 representatives at the meeting . The purpose was to create a new constitution. It took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Slaves were to be counted as 3/5 of a person which was part of the 3/5 Compromise. This allowed 3/5 of a states slave population to be counted as part of the population as long as the owner's paid tax on 3/5 of the slaves. North wanted the slaves to be taxed and not represented while the South wanted them to count but not be represented.

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The Virginia Plan consisted of proportional voting, and three branches. This was the big state plan.

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The New Jersey plan was the small state plan. It consisted of allowing each state to be equal in the government, allowed the government to tax, and also included 3 branches of government.

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It created an agreement between both the Virginia and New Jersey plan. Made three branches of government, allowed the government to tax, and made two houses in Congress. The house of representatives and the senate were the two houses . The Senate had an equal number of representatives from each state, while the HOR had the number of representatives proportional to a states population.

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-Made in 1787
-Northwest Territories is divided into no less than 3 states but no more than 5
-When a state had 60,000 people it could be admitted to the Union
-An new states would be considered equal with all other existing states
-Any new state could form its own government and constitution
-Guaranteed freedom of religion and basic rights
-Slavery was forbidden

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The large states felt that representation should be based on a state's population. They felt states with more people deserved more representatives in Congress. While small states believed that all states, regardless of of population, should be treated equally. Small states believed that all states should have an equal number of representatives.

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The United States of America's first constitution was called the Articles of Confederation

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The United States of America's first constitution was called the Articles of Confederation

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-Made in 1785
-Northwest Territory surveyed and divided into towns that were each 6 square miles
-The government could sell parts to bring money to the United States of America
-Lot 16 of each township set aside for support of education

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The Articles of Confederation had two good laws. One was the Land Ordinance and the other was the Northwest Ordinance.