Great Compromises
Would the United States of America ever be united if it were not for compromises? I would say the chances are slim. During the early years of the new nation, there was a lot of conflict and turmoil. During the Constitutional Convention of 1786, one of the most essential compromises of the early United States was the Great Compromise. Another compromise that arose at the Constitutional Convention was the Three Fifths Compromise. These two compromises helped to establish the early government issues of the nation. Another compromise that was crucial to the survival of this great nation is the Missouri Compromise. Together these three compromises enabled America to become united. In 1786, fifty-five delegates from twelve of the thirteen states attended the Constitutional Convention. These delegates were there to make changes to the Articles of Confederation, what they did not know was that they would compromise to form a constitution. James Madison from Virginia proposed a plan that called for a three branch government; legislative, judicial, and executive (Notes 2/16/01). This was intended to separate the powers, ensuring that no one group or individual could have too much authority. In this plan was also a system that a
The livelihood of the present day United States is only possible because of the compromises made in the past. If is was not for the willingness of our forefathers to compromise and solve the problems in the early stages the United States of America would not be what it is today. Although the Great Compromise settled the issue of the legislature disagreement continued into how each state's population would be counted. Southern States that had a large slave population wanted the slaves to be counted for representation, but not for taxation (Notes 2/19/01). This would allow them to have more power in the legislature. On the other side, the Northern states thought that the slaves should count as a share of the states' taxation, but not as population because they were considered property of the farmers (Tindall & Shi pp.314). The Three Fifths Compromise would eventually settle the issue. It stated that every five slaves would count as three people. This would serve for both representation and taxation (Notes 2/19/01). With these two very important compromises the Constitutional Convention turned out to be a success with each side satisfied with the outcome. Once the Constitutional convention was over the battle of the legislature was over until 1819 when Missouri wa
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