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The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
Part of: Seven Years' War
Combatants: France
Location: North America
The main issues that were compromised on in the Constitutional Convention were:
- The Great Compromise, creating a bicameral Congress
- The 3/5ths Compromise, making slaves count as 3/5ths of a person
- Commerce Compromise, mandating that tariffs were only to be allowed on imports from foreign countries and not exports from the U.S., and that interstate commerce would be regulated by the federal government.
- Compromise on Trade of Enslaved People, when Northern states agreed to wait until 1808 before Congress would be able to ban the trade of enslaved people in the U.S.
- The Electoral College compromise, when the two sides debating at the convention compromised with the creation of the Electoral College, which is made up of electors roughly proportional to population.
<span> The country was too weak and unstable to fight another </span>war<span> with a major European power.</span>
Federalism is a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government. Generally, an overarching national government is responsible for broader governance of larger territorial areas, while the smaller subdivisions, states, and cities govern the issues of local concern