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The bigger states, like Massachussetts and Virgina, wanted more representation in vote. Beforethe constitutional convention, each state got only one vote when deciding issues. The bigger states wanted to have weighted votes depending on population. So Massachussetts, being busy and heavily populated, would have more votes than, say, Rhode Island.
The bigger states got their wish granted. That's why, even to this day, our state electoral votes are weighted on population. California and Texas have much more electoral votes than Kansas or Rhode Island.
Some states, like Georgia and South Carolina, wanted their slave population to be included. In the southern states, blacks were 50% of the population. However, they did not want the slaves to be counted as part of their population for taxes. Finally, a compromise was made that one-third of the slave population wouldbe accounted for in both the votes and taxes.
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Who was elected chairman of the second constitutional convention?
I want to know who was the chairman of the 2nd constitutional convention?
Why didn't George Washington want to attend the Constitutional Convention?
Because it might be considered that he had a political motive.
Why did George Washington change his mind about attending the constitutional convention?
George Washington hesitated to go to the Constitutional Convention because he was suffering from Rheumatism, he had just lost his brother, he had to manage Mount Vernon, he doubted that the convention was going to accomplish very many things and he thought alot of other men with high stature were going to attend.
What was the only state not represented at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?
Rhode Island (The Providence Plantations of Rhode Island). The State's leaders refused to participate in the Constitutional Convention because they believed it was a conspiracy to overthrow the current government, which was operating under the Articles of Convention. Patrick Henry, who would have been their delegate, declared he "smelt a rat," and didn't want to participate in a project that threatened state sovereignty. Rhode Island also became the last of the original states to ratify the Constitution, on May 29, 1790.
Why are the words slave or slavery NOT in the Constitution?
The convention delegates did not want to upset the sensibilities of the people in the Northern states.
Who was elected chairman of the second constitutional convention?
I want to know who was the chairman of the 2nd constitutional convention?
What did the framers want to establish at the constitutional convention?
What were the guidelines that were established by the founding fathers at the Constitutional Convention?
Who was sick and did not come to the Constitutional Convention?
Do you want to know who got sick and attended the Constitutional Convention???Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock
Why did delagates at the Constitutional convention want to change the Articles of Confederation?
A Bill of Rights
Why did the delagates at the constitutional convention want to change the articles of confederation?
A Bill of Rights
What state was not represented at the constitutional convention because its leaders central government?
Rhode Island did not want any part in the Convention.
Which state was not represented at Constitutional Convention?
what state was not represented when the constitution was signed ?Rhode Island did not want a strong central government at the time, so they refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
Which state was not represented at the constitutional convention?
what state was not represented when the constitution was signed ?Rhode Island did not want a strong central government at the time, so they refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
Why did Patrick Henry say he smelled a rat?
He didn't want to attend the constitutional convention.
Why did delegates want at the constitutional convention want to change the articles of confederation?
Because some people thought it was unfair
What concerned larger states about their representation in congress?
Big states did not want to have only the same number of representatives as smaller states, as they had more people and a perceived need for a larger voice. Smaller states didn't want to be overpowered in the legislature by bigger, more populated states, because the small states were just as equal a part of America as were the bigger states. The Constitutional Convention elected to create both houses in the legislature - the House of Representatives, where representation is determined by population, and the Senate, where each state gets two representatives, regardless of population or size.
What did the three fifth compromise at the constitutional convention?
It was used to determine population of states. Southern states had 9 million slaves and the smaller states didn't want them counted in the population so each slave was counted as 3/4 of a person in the census.
