Alexander Martin 1756 (North Carolina)
William Paterson 1763 (New Jersey)
Oliver Ellsworth 1766 (Connecticut)
Luther Martin 1766 (Maryland)
William C. Houston 1768 (New Jersey)
Gunning Bedford, Jr. 1771 (Delaware)
James Madison 1771 (Virginia)
William R. Davie 1776 (North Carolina)
Jonathan Dayton 1776 (New Jersey)
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The Connecticut Compromise (Also called the Great Compromise) settled the arguments between the two sides as the Constitutional Convention. It was a good even between the New Jersey and Virginia Plan, but more so favored the Virginia Plan. It included that the House of Representatives would have proportional representation, and that the Senate would have equal representation.
The U.S. Constitution was the product of the Constitutional Convention where debates were held and compromises were made in order to please those whose votes and influence mattered. There were 55 delegates, representing the 13 colonies, 39 of them signed it. James Madison is often called "the father of the Constitution," and Jacob Shallus was the clerk who physically penned the document.
Biologically, no. Politically, yes.The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.The Three-Fifths Compromise, is found in Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the United States Constitution which reads:Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
The Supreme Court denied Scott his freedom on the grounds that slavery was protected by the Constitution. (They judged that the Founding Fathers would have included slaves in their definition of 'property' - which was declared sacred under the Constitution.) This decision infuriated the influential Abolitionists in the North, as much as it delighted the South, and deepened the division between the two sections.
The northwest region was included in the Cotton Kingdom.