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The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1787. There were 55 representatives that attended the convention. The elected leader of the convention was George Washington. The different sides debating in the convention were small states vs large states, slaveholders vs anti-slavery supporters, strong central government vs weak central government.

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Delegates in the convention found it very hard to agree with each other on representative bodies. Large states wanted representatives based on population, where small states wanted all states no matter the size to have equal power under the Constitution. The small states wanted all states to have an equal number of representatives in Congress.

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The Virginia Plan was the large states plan they included states with large populations and wanted their representatives based on population.

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The New Jersey Plan was the small states plan and the states involved in it had lower populations. They wanted an equal number of representatives in each state regardless of population.

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The delegates agreed on two houses in Congress, The Senate and The House of Representatives. The Senate would have an equal number of representatives from each state and the House of Representatives would be based on state population.

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Delegates from the North and the South had much disagreement on how slaves would be counted into the population of a state. Population was of high importance because it determined how many representatives a state could have in the House of Representatives and how much tax money a state would have to pay to the federal government. The Southerns wanted slaves to count for the population but not for the taxes, and the Northern's wanted slaves to be counted for taxes but not for representation in Congress because they believed they were property.

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The Northern Plan wanted slaves to count on taxes but not on population. The North was afraid that if the South got what they wanted they would have too much power.

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The Southern Plan wanted slaves to count for population and for representatives but not for taxes. The higher state population the more power they have in the House of Representatives.

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The 3/5 Compromise allowed the South to count every slave as 3/5 of a person. They counted for representation in the House of Representatives but also for taxation.

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Again, delegates from the North and South disagreed on something. This time it is trade. The North wanted the federal government to control trade so the national economy could run more effectively because they were more industrial. The South however was worried over the government having control of trade and thought it would interfere with the slave trade and sales of their agricultural products such as tobacco and cotton.

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The Commerce Compromise stated that the North would wait twenty years to vote on the idea of banning slave trade, so for twenty years slave traders could legally import slaves and sell them

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The final issue in the Constitutional Convention was Federalists vs Anti-Federalists. The issue was between a strong national government and a weak national government with the states holding all the power.

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Federalists wanted a strong central government and supported national supremacy. They wanted a Constitution but believed the Bill of rights was unnecessary. Their leader was Alexander Hamilton.

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Anti-Federalists were in favor of a weak national government and wanted the states to continue to hold all the power. They believed in state supremacy, and were against a Constitution. They believed a Bill of Rights to be essential and would not compromise without one being included. Their leader was George Mason.

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