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  • CONSTITUTIONALCONVENTION
  • WHAT TYPE OF ISSUES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
  • TODAY WE ARE MEETING HERE IN PHILADELPHIA TO REVISE THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO DISCUSS SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM.
  • I THINK SOME IMPORTANT TOPICS WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT SHOULD BE REPRESENTATION AND EXECUTIVE PWOER.
  • I THINK SOME IM[ORTANT ISSUES WE SHOULD DISCUSS SHOULD BE SLAVERY AND COMMERCE.
  • I THINK WE SHOULD DISCUSS ISSUES OF STATE VERSUS FEDERAL POWERS.
  • FOR THE ISSUES OF REPRESENTATION WE SHOULD CREATE THE NEW JERSEY AND VIRGINIA PLANS. THE VIRGINIA PLAN FOCUSE ON THE LARGER STATES AND PROVIDE FOR A BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE WITH REPRESENTATION OF EACH STATE BASED ON ITS POPULATION OR WELTH. THE NEW JERSEY PLAN FOCUSS ON THE SMALLER STATES AND PROPOSES EQUAL REPRESENTATION FOR EACH STATE IN CONGRESS.
  • WE NEED TO COME UP WITH COMPROMISES THAT MEET IN THE MIDDLE THAT MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
  • THE GREAT COMPROMISE WOULD PROVIDE A DUAL SYSTEM OF CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EACH STATE WOULD BE ASSIGNED A NUMBER OF SEATS IN PROPORTION TO ITS POPULATION. BOTH LARGE AND SMALL STATES WOULD BE FAIRLY REPRESENTED BY CREATING TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS.
  • ELECTORAL COLLEGE GIVES A WAY THE PEOPLE CAN VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT TOO. SO THIS CREATES A SYSTEM OF THE PRESIDENT BEING ELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE AND BY CONGRESS.
  • THE THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE IS A COMPROMISE COMING TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ISSUE OF SLAVES IN REPRESENTATION. THE SOUTHERN STATES BELIEVE THAT SLAVES SHOULD NOT BE COUNTED (BECAUSE THE NORTH HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF THEM SO THE SOUTHERN STATES DONT WANT THEM HAVING MORE REPRESENTATION.) THE NORTHERN STATES WNAT THE SLAVES TO BE COUNTED BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE PEOPLE AND ALSO BECAUSE THATS A MAJORITY OF THERE POPULATION. SO A SOLUTION THAT WEVE COME TO IS TO COUNT THREE OUT OF EVERY 5 SLAVES.
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