Delaware and Maryland both were free states.
One of the ways in which English kings increased their power and reduce the power of the nobles was that they "strengthened the courts"--since this allowed more of their laws and decrees to pass.
The main issue that led to the Great Compromise was the issue of representation. The small states in the country thought that every state should have equal representation in the Congress. They thought the states ought to be equal to one another.
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The causes of the sources of discord in early New England is the religious conflicts that started up because of the strict puritans. They handled it pretty well by establishing a more religious free Rhode Island as well as Connecticut.
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