Compromise of 1850
Compromises happen everyday, and it happened everyday since the past. A compromise is considered to be an agreement where both sides negotiate and bargain, or give up some things, and gain some things, until both side' reach and agreement. Two examples I have chosen are the three-fifths compromise, and The Great Compromise. In the three-fifths compromise the two sides were, the slave holding states, and the non-salve holding states. The slave holding states wanted their slaves to be counted in representation, because for them this means more population, more representation, therefore more power. The non-slave holding states said that if slaves can be counted as property and representation, why couldn't anything else be? My other example is The Great Compromise; in this the large states wanted a bicameral legislature, based on population. The smaller states wanted equal re
The second example I chose was The Great Compromise. The large states wanted a bicameral (two-house) legislature, which was based on free population. This was called the Virginia Plan, written by James Madison. They wanted the lower house to be elected by voters, and the upper house by members of the lower house. Their motives were as follows; they have more population then the smaller states, so the larger states would have and need more representatives because of their vast population, and then the larger states would get more say, or more votes, which at the end means more power for the states with the larger populations. The smaller states developed a plan called the New Jersey Plan; this suggested a single house, which would appoint an executive branch and court. They wanted equal representation. The smaller states also added two new powers, taxation and regulation. The final compromise
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