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The slave states wanted population based representation. For instance the 3/5 compromise was because the slave states wanted 5/5 and the free states wanted 0/5
by javagram 7y ago
The slave states wanted population based representation.
For instance the 3/5 compromise was because the slave states wanted 5/5 and the free states wanted 0/5.
Virginia had the most Representatives in the first US congress because they had the largest population. It was small states like New Hampshire and Rhode Island that benefited from the 2 senators per state rule.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> The slave states wanted population based representation No states wanted population-based representation, or all did, depending on how you look at it: that is, no one wanted to count non-assimilated Native American population, all of them wanted to count the remaining free population, and there was a dispute about how to count the people that the slave states weren't going to treat as people and, particularly, certainly weren't going to let vote.