THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE AND REVIEW OF CONSTITUTION

DIFFERENT FACTIONS AT THE CONVENTIONFACTIONS ARE GROUPS OF PEOPLE UNITED BY A

COMMON BELIEF, LIKE AN INTEREST GROUP

1. SMALL STATES VERSUS LARGE STATES

2. SLAVE HOLDERS VERSUS ANTISLAVERY

3. STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT VERSUS A WEAK GOVT.

0-9 people per square mile

10-29 people per square mile

30-49 people per square mile

50 or more people square mile

Map Key

1. According to this map, where did most people live in 1787? New England colonies, Middles Colonies or the Southern Colonies?

2. In House of Representatives, which region (New England, Middle or Southern) has more votes in Congress?

POPULATION & REPRESENTATION:

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bullets in your notes!!!

Total Population Slave Population

Massachusetts 378,787 0

New Hampshire 141,885 158

Rhode Island 68,825 948

Connecticut 237,946 2,764

Pennsylvania 434,373 3,737

Delaware 59,096 8,887

New Jersey 184,139 11,423

New York 340,120 21,324

Georgia 82,548 29,264

North Carolina 393,751 100,572

Maryland 319,728 103,036

South Carolina 249,073 107,094

Virginia 691,627 292,627

1. Do southern states or northern states have more slaves?

2. If you lived in the south would you want a slave to count as part of your population why?

3. According to the map, which region (Northern or Southern) would depend on slaves for money? Why?

SLAVERY & AGRICULURE

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bullets in your notes!!!

Northern States Southern States

1. Want the slave trade to end

2. Want the South to pay taxes on slaves, since they are property

3. Slaves SHOULD NOT count as population for the House of Representatives (less votes for the south, so the north has more power)

1. Slave trade should continue

2. Slavery SHOULD NOT be abolished, or ended. Southern states depend on slavery for profit.

3. Slaves SHOULD count as population for the House of Representatives (votes for more power in Congress)

About the 3/5s Compromise• The Three-Fifths Compromise

was a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the population of slaves would be counted for representation purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the appointment of the members of the United States House of Representatives.

Three-Fifths Compromise summary

NORTH:

SOUTH:

Three-Fifths Compromise:

Each slave will be counted as three-fifths of a person

for taxes AND for population for the House of

Representatives.

South AND North both win – who loses? – the slaves.

FIVE SLAVES = THREE WHITE PEOPLE

The Great CompromiseBig States:

(Virginia Plan)

Small States:

(New Jersey Plan)

The Great Compromise:

Our Founding Fathers, or framers of the Constitution, decided to use both plans!.

Congress

House of Representatives

Votes based off of population

Senate

All states get two votes

Compromises

Protective Tariffs: Congress can make tariffs on imported goods.

North wins!

Slave Trade: Slave trade will end in 20 years.

North and South win!

Slavery: South will be able to keep their slaves.

South wins!

So, what was the compromise?

Review1. What event caused the Philadelphia Convention?2) Why did the Convention take place?3) What year did the Philadelphia Convention take

place?4) What document did the delegates write instead?5) Who is known as “the father of the Constitution”?6) What types of government did the Constitution

create?Think a govt. for the people by the people! What is it

called?7) What is the Constitution?8) Who has to follow the Constitution?9) Does it still work today?

CHOOSING SIDESYou are going to choose a side to the following question:

Do you agree or disagree with the 3/5 compromise (SHOULD SLAVES COUNT AS POPULATION? For taxes? Do you think that is fair or right? YES OR NO? WHY?)

Write a letter to the President of the Convention, George Washington, explaining your point of view?

Your letter must have the state you are from and must be at least 5 to 6 sentences long for full credit. Use your notes to help you think of ideas

Dear President of the Convention, George Washington,

My name is…I am from…slave should/should not count as population because...

Sincerely,

Compromises

Protective Tariffs: Congress can make tariffs on imported goods.

North wins!

Slave Trade: Slave trade will end in 20 years.

North and South win!

Slavery: South will be able to keep their slaves.

South wins!

Class Notes: Three Fifth Compromise Pg.