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the constitutional convention was when delegates decided to meet in philadelphia and decided to draft a new constitution, rather than revise the other articles previously made.

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was the compromise that solved the dispute in congress. it stated that there were two houses in the legislative branch, the senate and the house of representatives. it also stated that for small states there were two senators, and for large states they would have a house of representatives,

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the 3/5 compromise was a compromise where southern states were allowed to count slaves as 3/5, so every 3 slaves,they were counted as 5 people.

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the commerce compromise was the compromise where the south proposed that runaway slaves should be returned to the owner.

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the virginia plan stated that if a state had a large population, they would base the number of representatives they had off of population. the New Jersey plan said that even if a state has a small population, they want a equal number of representatives for each state.