America's Constitution was originally based off several other documents such as the Magna Carta and the Articles of Confederation. After the failure of the Articles of Confederation, the United States needed a document the would have the country work together as one body more than as 13 individual bodies. The Articles of Confederation did not allow the National Government to tax anybody, therefore making their only income from selling western land, borrowing from the states, or borrowing from other countries. They could not draft soldiers for war or regulate trade. This caused many issues when traveling across state lines or when trying to ship goods. They also did not have a president to lead the central government.
There were 5 main compromises that made the constitution work including the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, the Commerce Compromise, the Slave Trade Compromise, and finally the election of a President.
The Bill of Rights was adopted to insure all men equal freedoms and individual liberties in the eyes of the law and the Government.
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Southerners demanded that Blacks be counted with whites. Thecompromise<span> clearly reflected the strength of the pro-slavery forces at the convention. The “</span>Three-fifths Compromise<span>” allowed a state to count </span>three fifths<span> of each Black person in determining political representation in the House.</span>
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